diff --git a/docs/section-3-creating-parsers.md b/docs/section-3-creating-parsers.md
index 37bccb65..6ad8d5c5 100644
--- a/docs/section-3-creating-parsers.md
+++ b/docs/section-3-creating-parsers.md
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Then run the the following command:
 tree-sitter generate
 ```
 
-This will generate the C code required to parse this trivial language, as well as all of the files needed to compile and load this native parser as a Node.js module. You can test this parser by creating a source file with the contents `hello;` and parsing it:
+This will generate the C code required to parse this trivial language, as well as all of the files needed to compile and load this native parser as a Node.js module. You can test this parser by creating a source file with the contents `hello` and parsing it:
 
 ```sh
 tree-sitter parse ./the-file