diff --git a/bin/expr/expr.1 b/bin/expr/expr.1
index d65ad51b1791..4a31707e73f6 100644
--- a/bin/expr/expr.1
+++ b/bin/expr/expr.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: expr.1,v 1.30 2010/05/24 00:29:30 joerg Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: expr.1,v 1.31 2011/03/23 18:10:25 dholland Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2000,2003 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ an error occurred (such as memory allocation failure).
 The following example adds one to the variable a.
 .Dl a=`expr $a + 1`
 .It
-The following example returns zero, due to deduction having higher precedence
+The following example returns zero, due to subtraction having higher precedence
 than '\*[Am]' operator.
 .Dl expr 1 '\*[Am]' 1 - 1
 .It