diff --git a/docs/math.md b/docs/math.md
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--- a/docs/math.md
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@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ The label implementation does not yet work for `sub-equations` and may not work
 equation
 : basic equation environment, similar to a math directive or dollar-math
 
-multiline
+multline
 : variation equation, used for equations that don’t fit on a single line
 
 gather