diff --git a/doc/bison.texinfo b/doc/bison.texinfo
index 1deeb365..652da664 100644
--- a/doc/bison.texinfo
+++ b/doc/bison.texinfo
@@ -6415,8 +6415,8 @@ Macro to pretend that a syntax error has just been detected: call
 @end deffn
 
 @deffn {Macro} YYERROR_VERBOSE
-An obsolete macro that you define with @code{#define} in the Bison
-declarations section to request verbose, specific error message strings
+An obsolete macro that you define with @code{#define} in the prologue
+to request verbose, specific error message strings
 when @code{yyerror} is called.  It doesn't matter what definition you
 use for @code{YYERROR_VERBOSE}, just whether you define it.  Using
 @code{%error-verbose} is preferred.