diff --git a/doc/ref/spec.md b/doc/ref/spec.md
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--- a/doc/ref/spec.md
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@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@
 ```
 
 Carriage return characters (`\r`) inside string literals are discarded from
-the raw string value.
+the string value.
 
 ```
 'a\000\xab'