diff --git a/doc/builtin/replace b/doc/builtin/replace
index 32d2e1ed8af1c99c1a8d3a526061f7557b1bd145..14165f779e5aceff9c598b288d36f0406e68facf 100644
--- a/doc/builtin/replace
+++ b/doc/builtin/replace
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
 	string replace(string s, string from, string to);
 
 	   When given strings as second and third argument, a copy of
-	   s with every occurance of 'from' return 'to'.
+	   s with every occurance of 'from' return 'to' is returned.
 
 	string replace(string s, string *from, string *to);