diff --git a/src/items/functions.md b/src/items/functions.md
index 325588a53..5b4ac7af6 100644
--- a/src/items/functions.md
+++ b/src/items/functions.md
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ fn answer_to_life_the_universe_and_everything() -> i32 {
 
 ## Function parameters
 
-As with `let` bindings, function parameters are irrefutable [patterns], so any
-pattern that is valid in a let binding is also valid as a parameter:
+Function parameters are irrefutable [patterns], so any pattern that is valid in
+an else-less `let` binding is also valid as a parameter:
 
 ```rust
 fn first((value, _): (i32, i32)) -> i32 { value }