diff --git a/library/alloc/src/fmt.rs b/library/alloc/src/fmt.rs
index b83b3024295b4..a0b151a4496f1 100644
--- a/library/alloc/src/fmt.rs
+++ b/library/alloc/src/fmt.rs
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
 //! println!("{}, `{name:>8.*}` has 3 right-aligned characters", "Hello", 3, name="1234.56");
 //! ```
 //!
-//! print two significantly different things:
+//! print three significantly different things:
 //!
 //! ```text
 //! Hello, `1234.560` has 3 fractional digits