1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/syntax.c b/src/syntax.c
index 1795e588583..f4b5270ee9f 100644
--- a/src/syntax.c
+++ b/src/syntax.c
@@ -3173,7 +3173,7 @@ See the info node `(elisp)Syntax Properties' for a description of the
                doc: /* Non-nil means `forward-word', etc., should treat escape chars part of words.  */);
 
   DEFVAR_BOOL ("multibyte-syntax-as-symbol", &multibyte_syntax_as_symbol,
-               doc: /* Non-nil means `scan-sexps' treats all multibyte characters as symbol.  */);
+               doc: /* Non-nil means `scan-sexps' treats all multibyte characters as symbol constituents.  */);
   multibyte_syntax_as_symbol = 0;
 
   DEFVAR_BOOL ("open-paren-in-column-0-is-defun-start",