diff --git a/standard-ml.html.markdown b/standard-ml.html.markdown
index 547ca39b..9de31340 100644
--- a/standard-ml.html.markdown
+++ b/standard-ml.html.markdown
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ val x = raiseException "hello" handle Fail msg => msg
(* We can pattern match in "handle" to make sure
a specfic exception was raised, or grab the message *)
val y = raiseException "..." handle Fail _ => "Fail was raised"
- | Domain => "Domain was raised"
+ | Domain => "Domain was raised"
(* y now has the value "Fail was raised" *)
(* We can define our own exceptions like this *)