diff --git a/doc/langref.html.in b/doc/langref.html.in
index 744cc50164..d855972dd0 100644
--- a/doc/langref.html.in
+++ b/doc/langref.html.in
@@ -5189,7 +5189,7 @@ test "@intToPtr for pointer to zero bit type" {
 
       {#header_open|usingnamespace#}
       <p>
-      {#syntax#}usingnamespace{#endsyntax#} is a top level declaration that imports all the declarations of
+      {#syntax#}usingnamespace{#endsyntax#} is a top level declaration that imports all the public declarations of
       the operand, which must be a {#link|struct#}, {#link|union#}, or {#link|enum#}, into the current scope:
       </p>
       {#code_begin|test|usingnamespace#}