diff --git a/doc/stow.texi b/doc/stow.texi
index 6690e45..160edf3 100644
--- a/doc/stow.texi
+++ b/doc/stow.texi
@@ -848,10 +848,10 @@ directory.
 @cindex resource files
 @cindex configuration files
 
-Default command line options may be set in @file{.stowrc} (current directory) or
-@file{~/.stowrc} (home directory). These are parsed in that order, and effectively
-prepended to you command line.  This feature can be used for some interesting
-effects.
+Default command line options may be set in @file{.stowrc} (current
+directory) or @file{~/.stowrc} (home directory). These are parsed in
+that order, and effectively prepended to the command line arguments.
+This feature can be used for some interesting effects.
 
 For example, suppose your site uses more than one stow directory, perhaps in
 order to share around responsibilities with a number of systems