diff --git a/std/algorithm/sorting.d b/std/algorithm/sorting.d
index 36f0f20fd..1a4ca5f6d 100644
--- a/std/algorithm/sorting.d
+++ b/std/algorithm/sorting.d
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ $(LI All elements `e` in subrange `r[0 .. k]` satisfy `!less(r[k], e)`
 (i.e. `r[k]` is greater than or equal to each element to its left according to
 predicate `less`))
 
-$(LI All elements `e` in subrange `r[k .. $]` satisfy `!less(e, r[k]))`
+$(LI All elements `e` in subrange `r[k .. $]` satisfy `!less(e, r[k])`
 (i.e. `r[k]` is less than or equal to each element to its right
 according to predicate `less`)))