diff --git a/Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex b/Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex
index 0a1f792a34a..75ea7e124d6 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex
@@ -1367,9 +1367,8 @@ for message in mailbox.mbox('~/mbox'):
         print subject
 \end{verbatim}
 
-A (surprisingly) simple example of copying all mail from a Babyl mailbox to an
-MH mailbox, converting all of the format-specific information that can be
-converted:
+To copy all mail from a Babyl mailbox to an MH mailbox, converting all
+of the format-specific information that can be converted:
 
 \begin{verbatim}
 import mailbox