diff --git a/source/declarations.tex b/source/declarations.tex
index 721432882a..ffd9809b11 100644
--- a/source/declarations.tex
+++ b/source/declarations.tex
@@ -5680,7 +5680,7 @@
 
 struct A { } a;
 struct B { explicit B(const A&); };
-const B &b2{a};                     // error: cannot copy-list-initialize \tcode{B} temporary from \tcode{A}
+const B& b2{a};                     // error: cannot copy-list-initialize \tcode{B} temporary from \tcode{A}
 \end{codeblock}
 \end{example}