1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/doc/emacs/display.texi b/doc/emacs/display.texi
index 4046d696b66..5d5fbb05fcf 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/display.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/display.texi
@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ Highlight space and non-breaking space characters.
 
 @item lines
 @vindex whitespace-line-column
-Highlight lines longer than 80 lines.  To change the column limit,
+Highlight lines longer than 80 columns.  To change the column limit,
 customize the variable @code{whitespace-line-column}.
 
 @item newline