diff --git a/doc/bird.sgml b/doc/bird.sgml
index 045aa88c..de7f8f9d 100644
--- a/doc/bird.sgml
+++ b/doc/bird.sgml
@@ -1715,7 +1715,7 @@ in the foot).
Prefix ip1/len1 matches prefix
pattern ip2/len2{l,h} if the
first min(len1, len2) bits of len1 <= ip1 <= len2. A valid prefix pattern
+ identical and l <= len1 <= h. A valid prefix pattern
has to satisfy low <= high, but nh.next), *nho = o->nh.next; nho; nho = nho->next)
{