diff --git a/papers/format.md b/papers/format.md
index 682558ef0..882efa7bd 100644
--- a/papers/format.md
+++ b/papers/format.md
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ size | description
  ??? | orders
      | - a table of bytes
      | - size=channels*ordLen
-     | - read orders than channels
+     | - read orders then channels
  ??? | effect columns
      | - size=channels
  1?? | channel hide status