diff --git a/docs/diagrams-and-syntax-and-examples/pie.md b/docs/diagrams-and-syntax-and-examples/pie.md
index 22bade7b8..0ff549409 100644
--- a/docs/diagrams-and-syntax-and-examples/pie.md
+++ b/docs/diagrams-and-syntax-and-examples/pie.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Drawing a pie chart is really simple in mermaid.
 - Followed by `title` keyword and its value in string to give a title to the pie-chart. This is ***OPTIONAL***
 - Followed by dataSet
     - `label` for a section in the pie diagram within `" "` quotes.
-    - Followed by `:` semi-colon as separator
+    - Followed by `:` colon as separator
     - Followed by `positive numeric value` (supported upto two decimal places)
 
 [pie]