--- a/doc/maintain.texi
+++ b/doc/maintain.texi
@@ -1424,15 +1424,14 @@
 your views on these issues are up to you, and you're entitled to express
 them when speaking for yourself.
 
-However, due to the much greater publicity that the Open Source
-Movement receives, the GNU Project needs to overcome a widespread
-mistaken impression that GNU is @emph{and always was} an activity of
-the Open Source Movement.  For this reason, please use the term ``free
-software,'' not ``open source,'' in GNU software releases, GNU
+However, due to the much greater publicity that the Open Source Movement
+receives, the GNU Project needs to overcome a widespread mistaken
+impression that GNU is @emph{and always was} an activity of the Open
+Source Movement.  For this reason, please use the term ``free
+software,'' rather than ``open source,'' in GNU software releases, GNU
 documentation, and announcements and articles that you publish in your
 role as the maintainer of a GNU package.  A reference to the URL given
-above, to explain the difference, is a useful thing to include as
-well.
+above, to explain the difference, is a useful thing to include as well.
 
 @node GNU and Linux
 @section GNU and Linux