diff --git a/doc/emacs/rmail.texi b/doc/emacs/rmail.texi
index c0ea12f6226..5241686cab8 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/rmail.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/rmail.texi
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ effect of a @kbd{d} command in most cases.  It undeletes the current
 message if the current message is deleted.  Otherwise it moves backward
 to previous messages until a deleted message is found, and undeletes
 that message.  A numeric prefix argument serves as a repeat count, to
-allow deletion of several messages in a single command.
+allow undeletion of several messages in a single command.
 
   You can usually undo a @kbd{d} with a @kbd{u} because the @kbd{u}
 moves back to and undeletes the message that the @kbd{d} deleted.  But