diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index cf9c26bdd..25bb3a885 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ Exception, and are usually covered by the GNU General Public License
 alone.  Examples include many files used only while building Guile,
 example files, etc.
 
-Also some of the files in the guile-readline directory are covered
-only under the GNU Public License, but Guile has been designed to load
+Finally, some of the files in the guile-readline directory are covered
+only by the GNU Public License, but Guile has been designed to load
 these files in a way that will not violate the GNU Public License.
 
 Section: GUILE GPL EXCEPTION