diff --git a/source/meta.tex b/source/meta.tex
index ec0284a97c..b14305c091 100644
--- a/source/meta.tex
+++ b/source/meta.tex
@@ -5935,7 +5935,7 @@
 
 \begin{itemdescr}
 \pnum
-Let $U$ be the type of the value or object that \tcode{r} represents.
+Let \tcode{U} be the type of the value or object that \tcode{r} represents.
 
 \pnum
 \returns