diff --git a/src/ch08-01-vectors.md b/src/ch08-01-vectors.md
index 6b1d04d135..ccb733a52a 100644
--- a/src/ch08-01-vectors.md
+++ b/src/ch08-01-vectors.md
@@ -171,8 +171,6 @@ to use a `for` loop to get immutable references to each element in a vector of
 
 </Listing>
 
-To read the number that `n_ref` refers to, we have to use the `*` dereference operator to get to the value in `n_ref` before we can add 1 to it, as covered in ["Dereferencing a Pointer Accesses Its Data"][deref].
-
 We can also iterate over mutable references to each element in a mutable vector
 in order to make changes to all the elements. The `for` loop in Listing 8-8
 will add `50` to each element.
@@ -185,7 +183,7 @@ will add `50` to each element.
 
 </Listing>
 
-To change the value that the mutable reference refers to, we again use the `*` dereference operator to get to the value in `n_ref` before we can use the `+=` operator. 
+To change the value that the mutable reference refers to, we use the `*` dereference operator to get to the value in `i` before we can use the `+=` operator. 
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