diff --git a/doc/gawktexi.in b/doc/gawktexi.in
index 2a24a37..edfa11f 100644
--- a/doc/gawktexi.in
+++ b/doc/gawktexi.in
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 \input texinfo   @c -*-texinfo-*-
 @c vim: filetype=texinfo
 @c %**start of header (This is for running Texinfo on a region.)
@@ -14783,7 +14784,7 @@ In most other languages, arrays must be @dfn{declared} before use,
 including a specification of
 how many elements or components they contain.  In such languages, the
 declaration causes a contiguous block of memory to be allocated for that
-many elements.  Usually, an index in the array must be a positive integer.
+many elements.  Usually, an index in the array must be a non-negative integer.
 For example, the index zero specifies the first element in the array, which is
 actually stored at the beginning of the block of memory.  Index one
 specifies the second element, which is stored in memory right after the