diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/build_string.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/build_string.rs
index db79dbd886..b1ba80824a 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/build_string.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/build_string.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ impl Command for BuildString {
             },
             Example {
                 example: r#"build-string $"(1 + 2)" = one ' ' plus ' ' two"#,
-                description: "Builds a string from letters a b c",
+                description: "Builds a string from subexpression separating words with spaces",
                 result: Some(Value::String {
                     val: "3=one plus two".to_string(),
                     span: Span::test_data(),