diff --git a/source/statements.tex b/source/statements.tex
index 960e563c69..e2b1c2668e 100644
--- a/source/statements.tex
+++ b/source/statements.tex
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@
 }
 \end{codeblock}
 \end{example}
-The destructor for the returned object
+The destructor for the result object
 is potentially invoked~(\ref{class.dtor}, \ref{except.ctor}).
 \begin{example}
 \begin{codeblock}