diff --git a/runtime/doc/options.txt b/runtime/doc/options.txt
index 65a9d17..aac95ac 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/options.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/options.txt
@@ -8489,11 +8489,11 @@
 	final value applying to all subsequent tabs.
 
 	For example, when editing assembly language files where statements
-	start in the 8th column and comments in the 40th, it may be useful
+	start in the 9th column and comments in the 41st, it may be useful
 	to use the following: >
 		:set varsofttabstop=8,32,8
-<	This will set soft tabstops at the 8th and 40th columns, and at every
-	8th column thereafter.
+<	This will set soft tabstops with 8 and 8 + 32 spaces, and 8 more
+	for every column thereafter.
 
 	Note that the value of |'softtabstop'| will be ignored while
 	'varsofttabstop' is set.