diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
index 3d36cca..a708100 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@
     </para>
 
     <para>
-     We use the following terms below:  The
+     Note the following terms used below.  The
      <firstterm>precision</firstterm> of a <type>numeric</type>
      is the total count of significant digits in the whole number,
      that is, the number of digits to both sides of the decimal point.