diff --git a/pub/docs/dev/hoon/tutorial/0-nouns.mdy b/pub/docs/dev/hoon/tutorial/0-nouns.mdy
index 86da2bada..55a909179 100644
--- a/pub/docs/dev/hoon/tutorial/0-nouns.mdy
+++ b/pub/docs/dev/hoon/tutorial/0-nouns.mdy
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ like most human languages (and unlike Perl) it combines a regular
 core structure with irregular variations.  And Hoon's semantic
 is bounded by the size of the compiler: type inference plus code
 generation are 2000 lines of Hoon.  Most peoples' experience is
-that the language is much easier to learn than it looks.  Not
-that it looks easy!
+that the language is much easier to learn than it looks.
 
 > The name "Hoon" is from the Wallace Stevens poem, _Tea at the
 Palaz of Hoon_.  It also means "hooligan" in Australian.