diff --git a/elisp.html.markdown b/elisp.html.markdown
index c99466b6..85a337d6 100644
--- a/elisp.html.markdown
+++ b/elisp.html.markdown
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ filename: learn-emacs-lisp.el
 ;; Now look at the gray line at the bottom of the window:
 ;;
 ;; "*scratch*" is the name of the editing space you are now in.
-;: This editing space is called a "buffer".
+;; This editing space is called a "buffer".
 ;;
 ;; The scratch buffer is the default buffer when opening Emacs.
 ;; You are never editing files: you are editing buffers that you