diff --git a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/ListWidget.tid b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/ListWidget.tid
index ed8af3c24..363d87e2d 100644
--- a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/ListWidget.tid
+++ b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/ListWidget.tid
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Displays as:
 </$list>
 <<<
 
-Note that using the `index` attribute degrades performance because it prevents the list widget from being able to optimise refreshes by moving list items around instead of rerendering them.
+Note that using the `index` attribute degrades the performance of the list widget because it prevents the optimisation of refreshes by moving list items around instead of rerendering them.
 
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