diff --git a/doc/generic/pgf/text-en/pgfmanual-en-tutorial.tex b/doc/generic/pgf/text-en/pgfmanual-en-tutorial.tex
index ae2c47cdc..233b4bf81 100644
--- a/doc/generic/pgf/text-en/pgfmanual-en-tutorial.tex
+++ b/doc/generic/pgf/text-en/pgfmanual-en-tutorial.tex
@@ -1100,11 +1100,17 @@ \subsection{Repeating Things: For-Loops}
 \end{codeexample}
 
 If you provide \emph{two} numbers before the |...|, the |\foreach| statement
-will use their difference for the stepping:
+will use their difference for the stepping, but be wary of floating-point
+rounding errors:
 %
 \begin{codeexample}[]
-\tikz \foreach \x in {-1,-0.5,...,1}
-       \draw (\x cm,-1pt) -- (\x cm,1pt);
+\begin{tikzpicture}
+  \foreach \x in {-1,-0.5,...,1}
+    \draw (\x cm,-1pt) -- (\x cm,1pt);
+  \foreach \x in {-1,-0.9,...,0}
+    % tick at 0 is not drawn due to rounding errors
+    \draw (\x cm,-7pt) -- (\x cm,-5pt);
+\end{tikzpicture}
 \end{codeexample}
 
 We can also nest loops to create interesting effects: