diff --git a/compiler/snowman.tt b/compiler/snowman.tt
index 3362e74..faebbb4 100644
--- a/compiler/snowman.tt
+++ b/compiler/snowman.tt
@@ -1257,8 +1257,7 @@ A name, reserved word or number is terminated by the first character that
 cannot form part of it. A symbol is recognised as the longest sequence of
 characters that forms a valid symbol. So &nbsp;<code>+=-</code>&nbsp; is two symbols, &nbsp;<code>+=</code>&nbsp; and
 <code>-</code>, because &nbsp;<code>+=</code>&nbsp; is a valid symbol in the language while &nbsp;<code>+=-</code>&nbsp; is not.
-Whitespace separates tokens but is otherwise ignored. This of course is
-like C.
+Whitespace separates tokens but is otherwise ignored.
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