diff --git a/doc/manual/expressions/language-constructs.xml b/doc/manual/expressions/language-constructs.xml
index 5bea0206a..7535e64ea 100644
--- a/doc/manual/expressions/language-constructs.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/expressions/language-constructs.xml
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ but can also be written as:
Here args is bound to the entire argument, which
is further matched against the pattern { x, y, z,
- ... }. This @-pattern makes mainly sense with an
+ ... }. @-pattern makes mainly sense with an
ellipsis(...) as you can access attribute names as
a, using args.a, which was given as an
additional attribute to the function.