diff --git a/src/basic-syntax/static-and-const.md b/src/basic-syntax/static-and-const.md
index 470f506e..800ae7e9 100644
--- a/src/basic-syntax/static-and-const.md
+++ b/src/basic-syntax/static-and-const.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ fn main() {
 }
 ```
 
-As noted in the [Rust RFC Book][1], these are not inlined upon use and have an actual associated memory location.  This is useful for unsafe and embedded code, and have a `'static` lifetime.
+As noted in the [Rust RFC Book][1], these are not inlined upon use and have an actual associated memory location.  This is useful for unsafe and embedded code, and the variable lives through the entirety of the program execution.
 
 
 We will look at mutating static data in the [chapter on Unsafe Rust](../unsafe.md).