diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 2b3ffc9a8a..ab18287d20 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -7781,7 +7781,7 @@ More and more system services are provided (@pxref{Services}), but some
 may be missing.
 
 @item
-More than 5,300 packages are available, but you may
+More than 6,500 packages are available, but you might
 occasionally find that a useful package is missing.
 
 @item