diff --git a/src/doc/guide-lifetimes.md b/src/doc/guide-lifetimes.md
index a6cc9cd0bc281..ba8f67dc3e2ac 100644
--- a/src/doc/guide-lifetimes.md
+++ b/src/doc/guide-lifetimes.md
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ let on_the_stack2: &Point = &Point {x: 3.0, y: 4.0};
 ~~~
 
 Applying `&` to an rvalue (non-assignable location) is just a convenient
-shorthand for creating a temporary and taking its address. A more verbose
-way to write the same code is:
+shorthand for creating a temporary struct and taking its address. A more
+verbose way to write the same code is:
 
 ~~~
 # struct Point {x: f64, y: f64}