diff --git a/src/section3-5.xml b/src/section3-5.xml
index cd9f081bb7..0fdf863cd7 100644
--- a/src/section3-5.xml
+++ b/src/section3-5.xml
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@
 	  \end{bmatrix}.
 	</me>
 	From the reduced row echelon form of the matrix, we see that
-	<m>\vvec_2 = -\vvec</m>.  Therefore, any linear combination
+	<m>\vvec_2 = -\vvec_1</m>.  Therefore, any linear combination
 	of <m>\vvec_1</m>, <m>\vvec_2</m>, and <m>\vvec_3</m> can be
 	rewritten 
 	<me>