diff --git a/src/doc/book/structs.md b/src/doc/book/structs.md
index 34f50e905dd7..eace99670b1e 100644
--- a/src/doc/book/structs.md
+++ b/src/doc/book/structs.md
@@ -203,8 +203,8 @@ We could have used dot notation to do the same thing:
 let integer_length = length.0;
 ```
 
-It's always possible to use a `struct` than a tuple struct, and can be clearer.
-We would write `Color` and `Point` like this instead:
+It's always possible to use a `struct` instead of a tuple struct, and can be
+clearer. We could write `Color` and `Point` like this instead:
 
 ```rust
 struct Color {