diff --git a/css-properties-values-api/Overview.bs b/css-properties-values-api/Overview.bs
index 444ae71d..a7928f2e 100644
--- a/css-properties-values-api/Overview.bs
+++ b/css-properties-values-api/Overview.bs
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ Parsing the syntax string {#parsing-syntax}
:: If the stream [=starts with an identifier=],
reconsume the current input code point from |stream|
then [=consume a name=] from |stream|,
- and set |component|’s |name| to the returned <>’s value.
+ and set |component|’s |name| to the returned value.
Otherwise return failure.
: anything else