diff --git a/src/doc/reference.md b/src/doc/reference.md
index 05daf73ef62..19cbd6f90a5 100644
--- a/src/doc/reference.md
+++ b/src/doc/reference.md
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Non-doc comments are interpreted as a form of whitespace.
 
 ## Whitespace
 
-Whitespace is any non-empty string containing any the following characters:
+Whitespace is any non-empty string containing only the following characters:
 
 - `U+0020` (space, `' '`)
 - `U+0009` (tab, `'\t'`)