--- a/man/lispref/positions.texi	Mon Aug 13 09:17:27 2007 +0200
+++ b/man/lispref/positions.texi	Mon Aug 13 09:18:39 2007 +0200
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@
 @samp{[@dots{}]} in a regular expression except that @samp{]} is never
 special and @samp{\} quotes @samp{^}, @samp{-} or @samp{\}.  Thus,
 @code{"a-zA-Z"} skips over all letters, stopping before the first
-nonletter, and @code{"^a-zA-Z}" skips nonletters stopping before the
+non-letter, and @code{"^a-zA-Z}" skips non-letters stopping before the
 first letter.  @xref{Regular Expressions}.
 
 If @var{limit} is supplied (it must be a number or a marker), it