diff --git a/episodes/04-defensive_programming.md b/episodes/04-defensive_programming.md
index bcf98cb..10a59ca 100644
--- a/episodes/04-defensive_programming.md
+++ b/episodes/04-defensive_programming.md
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ check_sign(val)
 ```
 
 ```output
-Value:  nan is a number.
+Value: nan is negative.
 ```
 
 However numpy does provide the `isnan()` function for testing if a value is NaN. Add an assertion test using this which will raise and error if the value is NaN.