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-rw-r--r--src/doc/trpl/error-handling.md4
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diff --git a/src/doc/trpl/error-handling.md b/src/doc/trpl/error-handling.md
index 8dd5a3650ef..518e65f35c0 100644
--- a/src/doc/trpl/error-handling.md
+++ b/src/doc/trpl/error-handling.md
@@ -208,8 +208,8 @@ Because these kinds of situations are relatively rare, use panics sparingly.
 
 In certain circumstances, even though a function may fail, we may want to treat
 it as a panic instead. For example, `io::stdin().read_line(&mut buffer)` returns
-a `Result<usize>`, when there is an error reading the line. This allows us to
-handle and possibly recover from error.
+a `Result<usize>`, which can indicate an error if one occurs when reading the line.
+This allows us to handle and possibly recover from errors.
 
 If we don't want to handle this error, and would rather just abort the program,
 we can use the `unwrap()` method: