diff --git a/doc/manual/procs.txt b/doc/manual/procs.txt
index 9b08235c5a..5f4c9f2fa1 100644
--- a/doc/manual/procs.txt
+++ b/doc/manual/procs.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Procedures
 ==========
 
 What most programming languages call `methods`:idx: or `functions`:idx: are
-called `procedures`:idx: in Nim (which is the correct terminology). A procedure
+called `procedures`:idx: in Nim. A procedure
 declaration consists of an identifier, zero or more formal parameters, a return
 value type and a block of code. Formal parameters are declared as a list of
 identifiers separated by either comma or semicolon. A parameter is given a type