diff --git a/source/basic.tex b/source/basic.tex
index a78628ca87..264bc65676 100644
--- a/source/basic.tex
+++ b/source/basic.tex
@@ -1618,7 +1618,7 @@
 \item
 if associated with a \grammarterm{lambda-declarator},
 the nearest enclosing lambda scope
-of the precondition assertion\iref{expr.prim.lambda},
+of the postcondition assertion\iref{expr.prim.lambda},
 \end{itemize}
 the program is ill-formed.