1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/derived.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/derived.el
index 6db0584b987..ef9684e9284 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/derived.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/derived.el
@@ -126,8 +126,9 @@ DOCSTRING: an optional documentation string--if you do not supply one,
 BODY:      forms to execute just before running the
            hooks for the new mode.  Do not use `interactive' here.
 
-BODY can start with a bunch of keyword arguments.  The following keyword
-  arguments are currently understood:
+BODY can start with keyword arguments; the following keywords are
+currently supported:
+
 :group GROUP
         Declare the customization group that corresponds to this mode.
         The command `customize-mode' uses this.
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ You could then make new key bindings for `LaTeX-thesis-mode-map'
 without changing regular LaTeX mode.  In this example, BODY is empty,
 and DOCSTRING is generated by default.
 
-On a more complicated level, the following command uses `sgml-mode' as
+As a more complex example, the following command uses `sgml-mode' as
 the parent, and then sets the variable `case-fold-search' to nil:
 
   (define-derived-mode article-mode sgml-mode \"Article\"