diff --git a/doc/manual.txt b/doc/manual.txt
index 3af41faec..ddc8c8d93 100644
--- a/doc/manual.txt
+++ b/doc/manual.txt
@@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ Examples:
   proc forEach(c: proc (x: int) {.cdecl.}) =
     ...
 
-  forEach(printItem)  # this will NOT work because calling conventions differ
+  forEach(printItem)  # this will NOT compile because calling conventions differ
 
   
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