diff --git a/reference/filter/filters.xml b/reference/filter/filters.xml
index c4f52759dd..860df59fd4 100644
--- a/reference/filter/filters.xml
+++ b/reference/filter/filters.xml
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@
        </entry>
        <entry>
         Regards inputs starting with a zero (<literal>0</literal>) as octal
-        numbers. This only allows the preceding digits to be
+        numbers. This only allows the succeeding digits to be
         <literal>0-7</literal>.
        </entry>
       </row>
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@
        <entry>
         Regards inputs starting with <literal>0x</literal> or
         <literal>0X</literal> as hexadecimal numbers. This only allows
-        preceding characters to be <literal>a-hA-H0-9</literal>.
+        succeeding characters to be <literal>a-hA-H0-9</literal>.
        </entry>
       </row>
       <row>