diff --git a/doc/doc.tex b/doc/doc.tex
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@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ GLM may implement certain features that require the presence of a minimum C++ st
 // Live life on the bleeding edge; go big or go home!
 \end{cppcode}
 
-Later standards take precedence over earlier ones, like so:
+Later standards will override earlier ones, like so:
 
 \verb|GLM_FORCE_CXX14| $>$ \verb|GLM_FORCE_CXX11| $>$ \verb|GLM_FORCE_CXX03| $>$ \verb|GLM_FORCE_CXX98|