diff --git a/red.html.markdown b/red.html.markdown
index b0165693..f91b324b 100644
--- a/red.html.markdown
+++ b/red.html.markdown
@@ -42,9 +42,10 @@ comment {
 ; forbidden, because that is how hexadecimal numbers are expressed in Red and 
 ; Red/System.
 
-; assign a value to a variable using a colon ':'
+; assign a value to a variable using a colon ":"
 my-name: "Red"
-reason-for-using-the-colon: {This makes the equality sign '=' exclusively usable for comparisons purposes, thus speeding up the original Rebol interpreter.}
+reason-for-using-the-colon: {Assigning values using the colon makes the equality sign "=" exclusively usable for comparisons purposes, exactly what "=" was intended for in the first place! Remember this y = x + 1 and x = 1 => y = 2 stuff from school?
+}
 is-this-name-valid?: true
 
 ; print output using print, or prin for printing without a newline or linefeed at the ; end of the printed text.