diff --git a/docs/writing/license.rst b/docs/writing/license.rst
index 006c045..4d82b39 100644
--- a/docs/writing/license.rst
+++ b/docs/writing/license.rst
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ Choosing a License
 Your source publication *needs* a license. In the US, if no license is
 specified, users have no legal right to download, modify, or
 distribute. Furthermore, people can't contribute to your code unless
-you tell them what rules to play by. It's complicated, so here are
-some pointers:
+you tell them what rules to play by. Choosing a license is complicated, so
+here are some pointers:
 
 Open source. There are plenty of `open source licenses
 <http://opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical>`_ available to choose