diff --git a/Doc/lib/xmldomminidom.tex b/Doc/lib/xmldomminidom.tex
index 055711305e0..9d4f3b6fff3 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/xmldomminidom.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/xmldomminidom.tex
@@ -214,8 +214,9 @@ handleSlideshow(dom)
 
 \subsection{minidom and the DOM standard \label{minidom-and-dom}}
 
-\refmodule{xml.dom.minidom} is basically a DOM 1.0-compatible DOM with
-some DOM 2 features (primarily namespace features). 
+The \refmodule{xml.dom.minidom} module is essentially a DOM
+1.0-compatible DOM with some DOM 2 features (primarily namespace
+features).
 
 Usage of the DOM interface in Python is straight-forward.  The
 following mapping rules apply: