diff --git a/torchvision/datasets/svhn.py b/torchvision/datasets/svhn.py
index dd6c42dab36..8a2e5839971 100644
--- a/torchvision/datasets/svhn.py
+++ b/torchvision/datasets/svhn.py
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ class SVHN(VisionDataset):
         This class needs `scipy <https://docs.scipy.org/doc/>`_ to load data from `.mat` format.
 
     Args:
-        root (string): Root directory of dataset where directory
-            ``SVHN`` exists.
+        root (string): Root directory of the dataset where the data is stored.
         split (string): One of {'train', 'test', 'extra'}.
             Accordingly dataset is selected. 'extra' is Extra training set.
         transform (callable, optional): A function/transform that  takes in an PIL image