diff --git a/source/numerics.tex b/source/numerics.tex
index 61f5b1094c..817c1ca5d5 100644
--- a/source/numerics.tex
+++ b/source/numerics.tex
@@ -3419,7 +3419,7 @@
  Then, to set each $X_k$,
  obtain new values $z_0, \dotsc, z_{n-1}$
  from $n = \lceil w/32 \rceil$ successive invocations
- of \tcode{e} taken modulo $2^{32}$.
+ of \tcode{e}.
  Set $X_k$ to $\left( \sum_{j=0}^{n-1} z_j \cdot 2^{32j}\right) \bmod m$.
 
 \pnum