diff --git a/language/operators.xml b/language/operators.xml
index a952ff2c92..40c5d9a5f1 100644
--- a/language/operators.xml
+++ b/language/operators.xml
@@ -1793,7 +1793,7 @@ if (empty($_POST['action'])) {
 echo (true ? 'true' : false ? 't' : 'f');
 
 // however, the actual output of the above is 't' prior to PHP 8.0.0
-// this is because ternary expressions are evaluated from left to right
+// this is because ternary expressions are left-associative
 
 // the following is a more obvious version of the same code as above
 echo ((true ? 'true' : false) ? 't' : 'f');