diff --git a/src/content/docs/en/guides/integrations-guide/react.mdx b/src/content/docs/en/guides/integrations-guide/react.mdx
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--- a/src/content/docs/en/guides/integrations-guide/react.mdx
+++ b/src/content/docs/en/guides/integrations-guide/react.mdx
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ import ReactComponent from './ReactComponent';
 
 If you are using a library that *expects* more than one child element to be passed, for example so that it can slot certain elements in different places, you might find this to be a blocker.
 
-You can set the experimental flag `experimentalReactChildren` to tell Astro to always pass children to React as React vnodes. There is some runtime cost to this, but it can help with compatibility.
+You can set the experimental flag `experimentalReactChildren` to tell Astro to always pass children to React as React virtual DOM nodes. There is some runtime cost to this, but it can help with compatibility.
 
 You can enable this option in the configuration for the React integration: