diff --git a/src/doc/book/src/structs.md b/src/doc/book/src/structs.md
index 6b2a145c85e51..71db2b4e3ea69 100644
--- a/src/doc/book/src/structs.md
+++ b/src/doc/book/src/structs.md
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ fn main() {
 }
 ```
 
-Your structure can still contain `&mut` pointers, which will let
+Your structure can still contain `&mut` references, which will let
 you do some kinds of mutation:
 
 ```rust