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@@ -8703,7 +8703,7 @@ Unifies @var{Elem} with the Nth element of @var{List}, counting from 1,
 and @var{Rest} with the other elements.  It can be used to select the
 Nth element of @var{List} (yielding @var{Elem} and @var{Rest}), or to
 insert @var{Elem} before the Nth (counting from 1) element of
-@var{Rest}, when it yields @var{List}, e.g. @code{nth(1, List, c,
+@var{Rest}, when it yields @var{List}, e.g. @code{nth(3, List, c,
 [a,b,d,e])} unifies List with @code{[a,b,c,d,e]}.  @code{nth/4}
 can be used to insert @var{Elem} after the Nth element of @var{Rest}.