diff --git a/doc/coding-style.asciidoc b/doc/coding-style.asciidoc
index 602fb23e..250159df 100644
--- a/doc/coding-style.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/coding-style.asciidoc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 C++ Coding Style
 ================
 
-Kakoune is written in C++11, here are the main coding style points:
+Kakoune is written in C++14, here are the main coding style points:
 
  * Avoid external dependencies besides posix/stdc++/ncurses
 
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Kakoune is written in C++11, here are the main coding style points:
  * opening brackets on their own lines by default, except when declaring
    an object where the opening bracket follows the equal sign.
 
+ * use alternative logical operator names (and, or, not instead of &&, ||, !)
+
 -----
 int func()
 {
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ int array[] = {
  * End lines with an operator when continuing on the next line
 
 ----
-if (condition1 ||
+if (condition1 or
     condition2)
 ----