diff --git a/p4-16/spec/P4-16-spec.adoc b/p4-16/spec/P4-16-spec.adoc
index 43cc04991f..af3e4a9a59 100644
--- a/p4-16/spec/P4-16-spec.adoc
+++ b/p4-16/spec/P4-16-spec.adoc
@@ -2414,7 +2414,7 @@ An array is a fixed-size vector of elements of the same type. It is defined as:
 include::grammar.adoc[tag=arrayType]
 ----
 
-where `typeRef` refers to the element type and the expression is a compile-time
+where `typeRef` refers to the element type and the expression is a local compile-time
 known value that is the size of the array.  For an array type such as `arr[n]`,
 `n-1` is the maximum defined index.