diff --git a/docs/source/topic/converting_pdf_to_text.rst b/docs/source/topic/converting_pdf_to_text.rst
index 18c1cba0..d5a9b33f 100644
--- a/docs/source/topic/converting_pdf_to_text.rst
+++ b/docs/source/topic/converting_pdf_to_text.rst
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ one line. How close they should be is determined by the `char_margin`
 (M in the figure) and the `line_overlap` (not in figure) parameter. The horizontal
 *distance* between the bounding boxes of two characters should be smaller than
 the `char_margin` and the vertical *overlap* between the bounding boxes should
-be smaller than the `line_overlap`.
+be larger than the `line_overlap`.
 
 .. raw:: html
     :file: ../_static/layout_analysis.html