diff --git a/docs/documentation/style-guide.md b/docs/documentation/style-guide.md
index f1efaee7615f1c17c5b8f47ff9d0c7b2f10ca887..7f426dd1b4e7c325345cf4e54bf5aadbb535ecc1 100644
--- a/docs/documentation/style-guide.md
+++ b/docs/documentation/style-guide.md
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ $ civibuild create drupal-demo --civi-ver master --url http://localhost:8001
 $ hub fork
 ```
 
-When your putting in any content that would be outputted by a shell command this should not have a `$` appended to it e.g.
+The output of a shell command should not have a `$` prepended. e.g.
 
 ```shell
 $ git remote -v