diff --git a/docs/cmu-user/compiler-hint.tex b/docs/cmu-user/compiler-hint.tex
index be5294144c604506f29853c0464f961f92b8a5d3..beac6ff0083936f394d565d9741f674fbb5fe6d7 100644
--- a/docs/cmu-user/compiler-hint.tex
+++ b/docs/cmu-user/compiler-hint.tex
@@ -3734,7 +3734,7 @@ Note: Doing float to pointer coercion (cost 13) from X to VAR.
 
 The variable \code{var} is not known to always hold values of type
 \code{single-float}, so a descriptor representation must be used for its value.
-In sort of situation, and adding a declaration will eliminate the inefficiency.
+In this sort of situation, adding a declaration will eliminate the inefficiency.
 
 Often inefficient representation conversions are not due to type
 uncertainty\dash{}instead, they result from evaluating a