diff --git a/docs/language/index.rst b/docs/language/index.rst
index b667276..77c77c9 100644
--- a/docs/language/index.rst
+++ b/docs/language/index.rst
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ things like so:
 
    '(1 2 3)
 
-does not work.  Instead, use angle brackets as above.)
+does not work.  Instead, use square brackets as above.)
 
 You also have access to all the builtin types' nice methods::