diff --git a/guide/english/java/arrays/index.md b/guide/english/java/arrays/index.md
index 6a93c46767..e8b7160216 100644
--- a/guide/english/java/arrays/index.md
+++ b/guide/english/java/arrays/index.md
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ for(int i = 0; i < M; i++) {
     }
 }
 ```
-This loop will execute M ^ N times and will build this:
+This loop will execute M * N times and will build this:
 ```java
 [ 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 ]  
 [ 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 ]