diff --git a/src/doc/guide-unsafe.md b/src/doc/guide-unsafe.md
index 34cec8d980a3..2ff630554808 100644
--- a/src/doc/guide-unsafe.md
+++ b/src/doc/guide-unsafe.md
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ explicitly with, respectively, `value as *const T` and `value as *mut T`).
 
 Going the opposite direction, from `*const` to a reference `&`, is not
 safe. A `&T` is always valid, and so, at a minimum, the raw pointer
-`*const T` has to be a pointer to a valid instance of type `T`. Furthermore,
+`*const T` has to point to a valid instance of type `T`. Furthermore,
 the resulting pointer must satisfy the aliasing and mutability laws of
 references. The compiler assumes these properties are true for any
 references, no matter how they are created, and so any conversion from