diff --git a/chapters/scoping.tex b/chapters/scoping.tex
index e10d08a2c..4028e2faf 100644
--- a/chapters/scoping.tex
+++ b/chapters/scoping.tex
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ \subsection{Composite Name Lookup}\doublelabel{composite-name-lookup}
 partial packages.
 \end{nonnormative}
 \begin{example}
-Components and classes are part of the same name-space and thus a component may
-not have the same name as its class or the first part of the class-name as that
+Components and classes are part of the same name-space and thus a component cannot
+have the same name as its class or the first part of the class-name as that
 would prevent looking up the name of the class.
 \begin{lstlisting}[language=modelica]
 model A