diff --git a/website/docs/language/functions/substr.mdx b/website/docs/language/functions/substr.mdx
index 1ccd24cc1d..8317848de7 100644
--- a/website/docs/language/functions/substr.mdx
+++ b/website/docs/language/functions/substr.mdx
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ string after the given offset will be returned.
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 ```
 
-The length may be greater than the length of the string, in which case the substring
+If the length is greater than the length of the string, the substring
 will be the length of all remaining characters.
 
 ```