diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/traits/README.md b/src/librustc/middle/traits/README.md
index 9c47d7f217aac..853d12172af5e 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/traits/README.md
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/traits/README.md
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ implement `Convert` like so:
 
 ```rust
 impl Convert<uint> for int { ... } // int -> uint
-impl Convert<int> for uint { ... } // uint -> uint
+impl Convert<int> for uint { ... } // uint -> int
 ```
 
 Now imagine there is some code like the following: