diff --git a/intro.doc b/intro.doc
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@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ databases should only be opened once, by the first transaction in
 the process. After the first transaction completes, the database
 handles can freely be used by all subsequent transactions.
 
-Within a transaction, #mdb_get() and #mdb_put() can store single
+Within a transaction, #mdb_get() can retrieve and #mdb_put() can store single
 key/value pairs if that is all you need to do (but see \ref Cursors
 below if you want to do more).