diff --git a/doc/Guidebook.tex b/doc/Guidebook.tex
index b1a88099f..70b90917e 100644
--- a/doc/Guidebook.tex
+++ b/doc/Guidebook.tex
@@ -3234,7 +3234,7 @@ the pattern to match. The pattern should be a regular expression.
 \elist
 
 %.lp ""
-Here's an example of menu colors using NetHack's internal
+Here's an example of message types using NetHack's internal
 pattern matching facility:
 
 \begin{verbatim}