diff --git a/pep-0498.txt b/pep-0498.txt
index 3adac9d6b..79d482946 100644
--- a/pep-0498.txt
+++ b/pep-0498.txt
@@ -212,9 +212,9 @@ Escape sequences
 ----------------
 
 Scanning an f-string for expressions happens after escape sequences
-are decode. Because hex(ord('{')) == 0x7b, that means that the
-f-string f'\u007b4*10}' is decoded to f'{4*10}', which evaluates as
-the integer 40::
+are decoded. Because hex(ord('{')) == 0x7b, the f-string
+f'\u007b4*10}' is decoded to f'{4*10}', which evaluates as the integer
+40::
 
   >>> f'\u007b4*10}'
   '40'