diff --git a/lib/libedit/editline.3 b/lib/libedit/editline.3
index b733c797fb6b..ca02be52d7a6 100644
--- a/lib/libedit/editline.3
+++ b/lib/libedit/editline.3
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ The caller is responsible for free'ing the string in the returned
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 .Fn history
-function returns 0 if the operation
+function returns \*[Gt]= 0 if the operation
 .Fa op
 succeeds.
 Otherwise, \-1 is returned and