diff --git a/src/doc/nomicon/lifetimes.md b/src/doc/nomicon/lifetimes.md
index f211841ec0c..58272a1bc37 100644
--- a/src/doc/nomicon/lifetimes.md
+++ b/src/doc/nomicon/lifetimes.md
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ likely desugar to the following:
 }
 ```
 
-Wow. That's... awful. Let's all take a moment to thank Rust for being a
-diabetes-inducing torrent of syrupy-goodness.
+Wow. That's... awful. Let's all take a moment to thank Rust for making this easier.
 
 Actually passing references to outer scopes will cause Rust to infer
 a larger lifetime: