diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/printf.xml b/reference/strings/functions/printf.xml
index 09a913405ea7..c229680ad740 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/printf.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/printf.xml
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ printf("[%-10s]\n",     $s); // left-justification with spaces
 printf("[%010s]\n",     $s); // zero-padding works on strings too
 printf("[%'#10s]\n",    $s); // use the custom padding character '#'
 printf("[%'#*s]\n", 10, $s); // Provide the padding width as an additional argument
-printf("[%10.9s]\n",    $t); // right-justification but with a cutoff of 8 characters
-printf("[%-10.9s]\n",   $t); // left-justification but with a cutoff of 8 characters
+printf("[%10.9s]\n",    $t); // right-justification but with a cutoff of 9 characters
+printf("[%-10.9s]\n",   $t); // left-justification but with a cutoff of 9 characters
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     </programlisting>