diff --git a/manual/Tasks/property.html b/manual/Tasks/property.html
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--- a/manual/Tasks/property.html
+++ b/manual/Tasks/property.html
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ they are most definitely not variables.</p>
     of the variable.</li>
   <li>By setting the <var>runtime</var> attribute with a prefix to use.
     Properties <code>prefix.availableProcessors</code>, <code>prefix.freeMemory</code>, <code>prefix.totalMemory</code>
-    and <code>prefix.maxMemory</code> will be defined with values that correspond to the
+    and <code>prefix.maxMemory</code> will be defined with values returned by the
     corresponding methods of
     the <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/docs/api/java/lang/Runtime.html">Runtime</a>
     class.</li>