diff --git a/spec/expression.dd b/spec/expression.dd
index 6d29ce05d5..2502a0f6c7 100644
--- a/spec/expression.dd
+++ b/spec/expression.dd
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ subexpression `h()` has no smallest short-circuit expression.
 
 $(H2 $(LNAME2 order-of-evaluation, Order Of Evaluation))
 
+$(P Operands are evaluated before operators are executed. Arguments are evaluated before functions are called.)
+
 $(P Built-in prefix unary expressions `++` and `--` are evaluated as if lowered (rewritten) to
 assignments as follows: `++expr` becomes `((expr) += 1)`, and `--expr` becomes `((expr) -= 1)`.
 Therefore, the result of prefix `++` and `--` is the lvalue after the side effect has been