diff --git a/pep-0498.txt b/pep-0498.txt
index 0a446aa55..4276f58bc 100644
--- a/pep-0498.txt
+++ b/pep-0498.txt
@@ -190,7 +190,8 @@ braces ``'{{'`` or ``'}}'`` inside literal portions of an f-string are
 replaced by the corresponding single brace.  Doubled literal opening
 braces do not signify the start of an expression.  A single closing
 curly brace ``'}'`` in the literal portion of a string is an error:
-literal closing curly braces must be doubled ``'}}'``.
+literal closing curly braces must be doubled ``'}}'`` in order to
+represent a single closing brace.
 
 The parts of the f-string outside of braces are literal
 strings.  These literal portions are then decoded.  For non-raw