diff --git a/education/software development/ECE1400/C.md b/education/software development/ECE1400/C.md
index cf70c29..5c20500 100644
--- a/education/software development/ECE1400/C.md	
+++ b/education/software development/ECE1400/C.md	
@@ -58,7 +58,11 @@ To update the value a pointer points at, you can dereference on the left hand si
 *p = 7;
 ```
 
-Because of how operator preci works
+Because of how operator precedence works, parentheses should be placed around the dereference operator and the variable
+```c
+// Increment the value pointed to by `p`
+(*p)++;
+```
 # Formatting specifiers
 # Standard library
 ## Formatting specifiers
diff --git a/education/software development/ECE1400/Chapter 12 Exercises.md b/education/software development/ECE1400/Chapter 12 Exercises.md
index 503197a..19223e9 100644
--- a/education/software development/ECE1400/Chapter 12 Exercises.md	
+++ b/education/software development/ECE1400/Chapter 12 Exercises.md	
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ The following expressions are illegal because of mismatched types:
 - (a) `p == a[0]` - Comparison between `int *` and `int`
 The rest of the expressions are true.
 
-8.' 
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+8.
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