diff --git a/source/threads.tex b/source/threads.tex
index 3fa7aaa0c5..60f7331244 100644
--- a/source/threads.tex
+++ b/source/threads.tex
@@ -6121,7 +6121,7 @@
 \pnum
 Each of the \grammarterm{using-declaration}s for
 \tcode{int$N$_t}, \tcode{uint$N$_t}, \tcode{intptr_t}, and \tcode{uintptr_t}
-listed above is defined if and only if the implementation defines
+listed above is declared if and only if the implementation declares
 the corresponding \grammarterm{typedef-name} in \ref{atomics.syn}.
 
 \pnum