diff --git a/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-databuffer-codec.adoc b/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-databuffer-codec.adoc
index 01c0b4f4d3..6d7f18544f 100644
--- a/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-databuffer-codec.adoc
+++ b/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-databuffer-codec.adoc
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ In general, the following invariant holds for the read position, write position,
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-	`0` <= _read position_ <= _write position_ <= _capacity_
+	0 <= read position <= write position <= capacity
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 When reading bytes from the `DataBuffer`, the read position is automatically updated in accordance with