diff --git a/listings/ch03-common-programming-concepts/no-listing-07-numeric-operations/src/main.rs b/listings/ch03-common-programming-concepts/no-listing-07-numeric-operations/src/main.rs
index 9d3b4813bb..77c716c145 100644
--- a/listings/ch03-common-programming-concepts/no-listing-07-numeric-operations/src/main.rs
+++ b/listings/ch03-common-programming-concepts/no-listing-07-numeric-operations/src/main.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ fn main() {
 
     // division
     let quotient = 56.7 / 32.2;
-    let floored = 2 / 3; // Results in 0
+    let truncated = -5 / 3; // Results in -1
 
     // remainder
     let remainder = 43 % 5;
diff --git a/src/ch03-02-data-types.md b/src/ch03-02-data-types.md
index 47c00adc8f..42e28819b6 100644
--- a/src/ch03-02-data-types.md
+++ b/src/ch03-02-data-types.md
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ Floating-point numbers are represented according to the IEEE-754 standard. The
 
 #### Numeric Operations
 
-Rust supports the basic mathematical operations you’d expect for all of the
-number types: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and remainder.
-Integer division rounds down to the nearest integer. The following code shows
+Rust supports the basic mathematical operations you’d expect for all the number
+types: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and remainder. Integer
+division truncates toward zero to the nearest integer. The following code shows
 how you’d use each numeric operation in a `let` statement:
 
 <span class="filename">Filename: src/main.rs</span>