diff --git a/doc/manual.rst b/doc/manual.rst
index 95af86a6a9..d0a778bddb 100644
--- a/doc/manual.rst
+++ b/doc/manual.rst
@@ -3196,7 +3196,7 @@ notation. (Thus an operator can have more than two parameters):
     # Multiply and add
     result = a * b + c
 
-  assert `*+`(3, 4, 6) == `*`(a, `+`(b, c))
+  assert `*+`(3, 4, 6) == `+`(`*`(a, b), c)
 
 
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