diff --git a/docs/source/interactive/reference.rst b/docs/source/interactive/reference.rst
index 51b7083..ea36556 100644
--- a/docs/source/interactive/reference.rst
+++ b/docs/source/interactive/reference.rst
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ some sort, you can then exit::
 
   In [2]: exit()
 
-Once you exit and print `a`, the value 23 will be returned::
+Once you exit and print `a`, the value 23 will be shown::
 
 
   In: print(a)