diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
index cb612ca..9a09060 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*eval.txt*	For Vim version 7.4.  Last change: 2015 Dec 28
+*eval.txt*	For Vim version 7.4.  Last change: 2015 Dec 29
 
 
 		  VIM REFERENCE MANUAL	  by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -865,8 +865,8 @@
 Number.  This doesn't recognize multi-byte encodings, see |byteidx()| for
 an alternative.
 
-Index zero gives the first character.  This is like it works in C.  Careful:
-text column numbers start with one!  Example, to get the character under the
+Index zero gives the first byte.  This is like it works in C.  Careful:
+text column numbers start with one!  Example, to get the byte under the
 cursor: >
 	:let c = getline(".")[col(".") - 1]