diff -r e7cfe3587ea4 -r e95ec38f86b0 mercurial/phases.py
--- a/mercurial/phases.py	Wed Aug 15 22:38:42 2012 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/phases.py	Wed Aug 15 22:39:18 2012 +0200
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@
     """compute new head of a subset minus another
 
     * `heads`: define the first subset
-    * `roots`: define the second we substract to the first"""
+    * `roots`: define the second we subtract from the first"""
     revset = repo.set('heads((%ln + parents(%ln)) - (%ln::%ln))',
                       heads, roots, roots, heads)
     return [c.node() for c in revset]