diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl.el
index 0b34e9f27f7dedca6804fac52fc18b5f953f7658..16eb31c120950975264a01d0e388e3f4d434e120 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl.el
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ Call `cl-float-limits' to set this.")
 
 (defconst most-negative-float nil
   "The largest negative value that a Lisp float can hold.
-This is simply -`most-negative-float'.
+This is simply -`most-positive-float'.
 Call `cl-float-limits' to set this.")
 
 (defconst least-positive-float nil