diff --git a/collects/scribblings/guide/simple-syntax.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/guide/simple-syntax.scrbl
index 785bd23bce..b768146bdd 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/guide/simple-syntax.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/guide/simple-syntax.scrbl
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Racket programmers prefer to avoid side-effects, so a definition usually
 has just one expression in its body. It's
 important, though, to understand that multiple expressions are allowed
 in a definition body, because it explains why the following
-@racket[nobake] function fails to return its argument:
+@racket[nobake] function fails to include its argument in its result:
 
 @def+int[
 #:eval ex-eval