diff --git a/src/doc/rust.md b/src/doc/rust.md
index d860c50f0a2..5fd686543db 100644
--- a/src/doc/rust.md
+++ b/src/doc/rust.md
@@ -1435,7 +1435,7 @@ trait Circle : Shape { fn radius() -> f64; }
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 the syntax `Circle : Shape` means that types that implement `Circle` must also have an implementation for `Shape`.
-Multiple supertraits are separated by spaces, `trait Circle : Shape Eq { }`.
+Multiple supertraits are separated by `+`, `trait Circle : Shape + Eq { }`.
 In an implementation of `Circle` for a given type `T`, methods can refer to `Shape` methods,
 since the typechecker checks that any type with an implementation of `Circle` also has an implementation of `Shape`.