--- a/doc/interpreter/sparse.txi
+++ b/doc/interpreter/sparse.txi
@@ -792,8 +792,9 @@
 
 @item If the matrix is not square, or any of the previous solvers flags
 a singular or near singular matrix, find a minimum norm solution using
-CXSPARSE@footnote{CHOLMOD, UMFPACK and CXSPARSE are written by Tim Davis
-and are available at http://www.cise.ufl.edu/research/sparse/}.
+CXSPARSE@footnote{The CHOLMOD, UMFPACK and CXSPARSE packages were
+written by Tim Davis and are available at
+http://www.cise.ufl.edu/research/sparse/}.
 @end enumerate
 
 The band density is defined as the number of non-zero values in the matrix
@@ -1137,7 +1138,3 @@
 @end ifset
 @end ifset
 @end ifset
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