diff --git a/chapter_preliminaries/probability.md b/chapter_preliminaries/probability.md
index 4820f9899..45b9a9dd3 100644
--- a/chapter_preliminaries/probability.md
+++ b/chapter_preliminaries/probability.md
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ of the random variable $X$ is defined as
 
 $$E[X] = E_{x \sim P}[x] = \sum_{x} x P(X = x).$$
 
-Likewise, for densities we obtain $E[X] = \int x \;dp(x)$.
+Likewise, for densities we obtain $E[X] = \int x p(x) \; dx$.
 Sometimes we are interested in the expected value
 of some function of $x$.
 We can calculate these expectations as