diff --git a/Doc/tut/tut.tex b/Doc/tut/tut.tex
index 9386774ac5d..76663a74580 100644
--- a/Doc/tut/tut.tex
+++ b/Doc/tut/tut.tex
@@ -3538,7 +3538,7 @@ used to the benefit of the program, since aliases behave like pointers
 in some respects.  For example, passing an object is cheap since only
 a pointer is passed by the implementation; and if a function modifies
 an object passed as an argument, the caller will see the change --- this
-obviates the need for two different argument passing mechanisms as in
+eliminates the need for two different argument passing mechanisms as in
 Pascal.