diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index 62e1799d..46168cbe 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ enum { inline_buffer_size = 500 };
      fmt::memory_buffer out;
      format_to(out, "The answer is {}.", 42);
 
-  This will write the following output to the ``out`` object:
+  This will append the following output to the ``out`` object:
 
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