diff --git a/pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/reference/syntax-model.scrbl b/pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/reference/syntax-model.scrbl
index 04020c6d17..6ec9b62e86 100644
--- a/pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/reference/syntax-model.scrbl
+++ b/pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/reference/syntax-model.scrbl
@@ -1077,9 +1077,10 @@ expansion and evaluation in the namespace can create additional
 @tech{bindings}. Evaluation of a form with a namespace always adds the
 namespace's phase-specific @tech{scopes} to the form and to the result
 of expanding a top-level form; as a consequence, every binding identifier
-has at least one @tech{scope}. The namespace's additional scope, which
-is added at all @tech{phase levels}, is added only on request (e.g.,
-by using @racket[eval] as opposed to @racket[eval-syntax]). Except for
+has at least one @tech{scope}. The namespace's additional scope is added 
+only on request (e.g., by using @racket[eval] as opposed to 
+@racket[eval-syntax]); if requested, the additional scope is added at all
+@tech{phase levels}. Except for
 namespaces generated by a module (see @racket[module->namespace]),
 every namespace uses the same @tech{scope} as the one added to all
 @tech{phase levels}, while the @tech{scopes} specific to a @tech{phase