diff --git a/doc_src/cmds/printf.rst b/doc_src/cmds/printf.rst
index 5810b2469..3bfd11e79 100644
--- a/doc_src/cmds/printf.rst
+++ b/doc_src/cmds/printf.rst
@@ -103,4 +103,4 @@ See Also
 
 Footnotes
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-.. [#] (in fact while fish's ``echo`` supports ``--``, POSIX forbids it, so other implementations can't be used if the input contains anything starting with ``-``)
+.. [#] In fact, while fish's ``echo`` supports ``--``, POSIX forbids it, so other implementations can't be used if the input contains anything starting with ``-``.