diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
index 92f703a8a3..1c1baa943a 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
@@ -9367,7 +9367,7 @@ wordcount()						*wordcount()*
 					(only in Visual mode)
 			visual_chars    Number of chars visually selected
 					(only in Visual mode)
-			visual_words    Number of chars visually selected
+			visual_words    Number of words visually selected
 					(only in Visual mode)