diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/multiply-merge.md b/pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/multiply-merge.md
index 60967413..26018481 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/multiply-merge.md
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/multiply-merge.md
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ thing:
 ```
 
 ## Merge, deeply merging arrays
-Merging arrays deeply means arrays are merge like objects, with indexes as their key. In this case, we merge the first item in the array, and do nothing with the second.
+Merging arrays deeply means arrays are merged like objects, with indices as their key. In this case, we merge the first item in the array and do nothing with the second.
 
 Given a sample.yml file of:
 ```yaml
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/operator_multiply_test.go b/pkg/yqlib/operator_multiply_test.go
index c20278e6..7286a06e 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/operator_multiply_test.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/operator_multiply_test.go
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ var multiplyOperatorScenarios = []expressionScenario{
 	},
 	{
 		description:    "Merge, deeply merging arrays",
-		subdescription: "Merging arrays deeply means arrays are merge like objects, with indexes as their key. In this case, we merge the first item in the array, and do nothing with the second.",
+		subdescription: "Merging arrays deeply means arrays are merged like objects, with indices as their key. In this case, we merge the first item in the array and do nothing with the second.",
 		document:       `{a: [{name: fred, age: 12}, {name: bob, age: 32}], b: [{name: fred, age: 34}]}`,
 		expression:     `.a *d .b`,
 		expected: []string{