diff --git a/doc/tutorial.md b/doc/tutorial.md
index bf774a19ace..99b858cb2cf 100644
--- a/doc/tutorial.md
+++ b/doc/tutorial.md
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ Rust will assume that an unsuffixed integer literal has type
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 let a = 1;       // a is an int
 let b = 10i;     // b is an int, due to the 'i' suffix
-let c = 100u;    // c as a uint
+let c = 100u;    // c is a uint
 let d = 1000i32; // d is an i32
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