diff --git a/hgext/histedit.py b/hgext/histedit.py
--- a/hgext/histedit.py
+++ b/hgext/histedit.py
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ you can use ``hg histedit --abort`` to a
 have made and return to the state before you attempted to edit your
 history.
 
-If we clone the example repository above and add three more changes, such that
-we have the following history::
+If we clone the histedit-ed example repository above and add four more
+changes, such that we have the following history::
 
    @  6[tip]   038383181893   2009-04-27 18:04 -0500   stefan
    |    Add theta