diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/pagestats.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/pagestats.mdwn
index 426f3e4af..66f851dbd 100644
--- a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/pagestats.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/pagestats.mdwn
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ And here's how to create a table of all the pages on the wiki:
 
 	\[[!pagestats style="table"]]
 
-The optional `among` parameter limits counting to pages that match a
+The optional `among` parameter limits display to pages that match a
 [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]]. For instance, to display a cloud of tags used on blog
 entries, you could use: