diff --git a/runtime/doc/rileft.txt b/runtime/doc/rileft.txt
index 7a6c8c8..81ced87 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/rileft.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/rileft.txt
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
    + 'rightleft' ('rl') sets window orientation to right-to-left.
    + 'delcombine' ('deco'), boolean, if editing UTF-8 encoded languages,
      allows one to remove a composing character which gets superimposed
-     on those that proceeded them (some languages require this).
+     on those that preceded them (some languages require this).
    + 'rightleftcmd' ('rlc') sets the command-line within certain modes
      (such as search) to be utilized in right-to-left orientation as well.