diff --git a/docsite/rst/playbooks_variables.rst b/docsite/rst/playbooks_variables.rst
index 84f0a1f5b5..3a52261360 100644
--- a/docsite/rst/playbooks_variables.rst
+++ b/docsite/rst/playbooks_variables.rst
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ If multiple variables of the same name are defined in different places, they win
 
     * extra vars (-e in the command line) always win
     * then comes connection variables defined in inventory (ansible_ssh_user, etc)
-    * then comes "most everything else" (command line switches, vars in play, included vars, etc)
+    * then comes "most everything else" (command line switches, vars in play, included vars, role vars, etc)
     * then comes the rest of the variables defined in inventory
     * then comes facts discovered about a system
     * then "role defaults", which are the most "defaulty" and lose in priority to everything.