diff --git a/doc/usage/restructuredtext/roles.rst b/doc/usage/restructuredtext/roles.rst
index d97192fa9..b1cb03460 100644
--- a/doc/usage/restructuredtext/roles.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/restructuredtext/roles.rst
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ the standard reST markup for that purpose.
 Substitutions
 -------------
 
-The documentation system provides three substitutions that are defined by
+The documentation system provides some substitutions that are defined by
 default. They are set in the build configuration file.
 
 .. describe:: |release|