diff --git a/docs/api.rst b/docs/api.rst
index c8ab29a41..42b87f7a7 100644
--- a/docs/api.rst
+++ b/docs/api.rst
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ All objects from ``attrs.validators`` are also available from ``attr.validators`
       >>> C(41)
       Traceback (most recent call last):
          ...
-      ValueError: ("'x' must be => 42: 41")
+      ValueError: ("'x' must be >= 42: 41")
 
 .. autofunction:: attrs.validators.gt
 
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ All objects from ``attrs.validators`` are also available from ``attr.validators`
       >>> C("")
       Traceback (most recent call last):
          ...
-      ValueError: ("Length of 'x' must be => 1: 0")
+      ValueError: ("Length of 'x' must be >= 1: 0")
 
 .. autofunction:: attrs.validators.instance_of