diff --git a/collects/xml/xml.scrbl b/collects/xml/xml.scrbl
index abbf6ec288..1114892ed4 100644
--- a/collects/xml/xml.scrbl
+++ b/collects/xml/xml.scrbl
@@ -474,8 +474,9 @@ Write a @tech{plist value} to the given port.}
 (equal? my-dict new-dict)
 ]
 
-The XML generated by @racket[write-plist] in the above example
-looks like the following, if re-formatted by:
+The XML generated by @racket[write-plist] in the above example looks
+like the following, if re-formatted by hand to have newlines and
+indentation:
 
 @verbatim[#:indent 2]|{
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>