diff --git a/src/items/generics.md b/src/items/generics.md
index 798413aab..556be79e6 100644
--- a/src/items/generics.md
+++ b/src/items/generics.md
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ r[items.generics.builtin-generic-types]
 referred to with path syntax.
 
 r[items.generics.invalid-lifetimes]
-`'_` and `'_static` are not valid lifetime parameters.
+`'_` and `'static` are not valid lifetime parameter names.
 
 r[items.generics.const]
 ### Const generics