diff --git a/doc/manual/src/design/overview.md b/doc/manual/src/design/overview.md
index 0cead62ab..15ddb562d 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/design/overview.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/design/overview.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Nix consists of layers that operate fairly independently.
 At the top is the *command line interface*, translating from invocations of Nix executables to interactions with the underlying layers.
 
 Below that is the *Nix language*, a [purely functional programming](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purely_functional_programming) language.
-It is used to compose expressions which ultimately evaluate to self-contained *build plans*, used to derive *build results* from referenced *build inputs*.
+It is used to compose expressions which ultimately evaluate to self-contained *build steps*, used to derive *build results* from referenced *build inputs*.
 
 ::: {.note}
 The Nix language itself does not have a notion of *packages* or *configurations*.