diff --git a/source/algorithms.tex b/source/algorithms.tex
index f02beda834..e1e1a470c4 100644
--- a/source/algorithms.tex
+++ b/source/algorithms.tex
@@ -10831,7 +10831,8 @@
 \begin{itemdescr}
 \pnum
 \expects
-The objects in the array pointed to by \tcode{base} are of trivial type.
+For \tcode{qsort}, the objects in the array pointed to by \tcode{base}
+are of trivially copyable type.
 
 \pnum
 \effects