diff --git a/source/lex.tex b/source/lex.tex
index ed45edd697..80f2e8c1e6 100644
--- a/source/lex.tex
+++ b/source/lex.tex
@@ -2254,7 +2254,7 @@
 Otherwise, \placeholder{S} shall contain a raw literal operator
 or a numeric literal operator template\iref{over.literal} but not both.
 If \placeholder{S} contains a raw literal operator,
-the \grammarterm{literal} \placeholder{L} is treated as a call of the form
+the literal \placeholder{L} is treated as a call of the form
 \begin{codeblock}
 operator ""@\placeholder{X}@("@\placeholder{f}@")
 \end{codeblock}