diff --git a/Doc/tut/tut.tex b/Doc/tut/tut.tex
index 1794ba4..155ee5e 100644
--- a/Doc/tut/tut.tex
+++ b/Doc/tut/tut.tex
@@ -464,8 +464,8 @@
 -3
 \end{verbatim}
 
-Like in C, the equal sign (\character{=}) is used to assign a value to a
-variable.  The value of an assignment is not written:
+The equal sign (\character{=}) is used to assign a value to a variable.
+Afterwards, no result is displayed before the next interactive prompt:
 
 \begin{verbatim}
 >>> width = 20