1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/doc/lispref/files.texi b/doc/lispref/files.texi
index f62b670f47f..5137f3a9ab4 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/files.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/files.texi
@@ -2917,8 +2917,8 @@ are included.
 This is similar to @code{directory-files} in deciding which files
 to report on and how to report their names.  However, instead
 of returning a list of file names, it returns for each file a
-list @code{(@var{filename} . @var{attributes})}, where @var{attributes}
-is what @code{file-attributes} would return for that file.
+list @code{(@var{filename} @var{attributes})}, where @var{attributes}
+is what @code{file-attributes} returns for that file.
 The optional argument @var{id-format} has the same meaning as the
 corresponding argument to @code{file-attributes} (@pxref{Definition
 of file-attributes}).