diff --git a/src/attributes/limits.md b/src/attributes/limits.md
index 01b311a7c..446c33093 100644
--- a/src/attributes/limits.md
+++ b/src/attributes/limits.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ a!{}
 ```rust,compile_fail
 #![recursion_limit = "1"]
 
-// This fails because it requires two recursive steps to auto-derefence.
+// This fails because it requires two recursive steps to auto-dereference.
 (|_: &u8| {})(&&&1);
 ```