diff --git a/source/basic.tex b/source/basic.tex
index a813f68d9c..d10a7058ea 100644
--- a/source/basic.tex
+++ b/source/basic.tex
@@ -3666,7 +3666,7 @@
 const bool b5 = r != &test1;            // always \tcode{true}
 \end{codeblock}
 \end{example}
-The address of a non-bit-field subobject of zero size is
+The address of a subobject of zero size is
 the address of an unspecified byte of storage
 occupied by the complete object of that subobject.