diff --git a/collects/scribblings/foreign/atomic.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/foreign/atomic.scrbl
index 35ff2a9655..353a1aa544 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/foreign/atomic.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/foreign/atomic.scrbl
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ mode.
 
 When @racket[call-as-atomic] is used in the dynamic extent of
 @racket[call-as-atomic], then @racket[thunk] is simply called directly
-(as a tail call).}
+(as a non-tail call).}
 
 
 @defproc[(call-as-nonatomic [thunk (-> any)]) any]{