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diff --git a/doc/syntax/literals.rdoc b/doc/syntax/literals.rdoc
index 2dac68b77a..1d4ca80ada 100644
--- a/doc/syntax/literals.rdoc
+++ b/doc/syntax/literals.rdoc
@@ -133,13 +133,13 @@ Basically only one character can be placed after <tt>?</tt>:
?abc #=> SyntaxError
Exceptionally, <tt>\C-</tt>, <tt>\M-</tt> and their combination are allowed
-before a character. They means "control", "meta" and "control-meta"
+before a character. They mean "control", "meta" and "control-meta"
respectively:
?\C-a #=> "\x01"
?\M-a #=> "\xE1"
?\M-\C-a #=> "\x81"
- ?\C-\A-a #=> "\x81", same as above
+ ?\C-\M-a #=> "\x81", same as above
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