diff --git a/doc/api/modules.md b/doc/api/modules.md
index 8b7f19a20cdf60..409182a0565203 100644
--- a/doc/api/modules.md
+++ b/doc/api/modules.md
@@ -98,10 +98,9 @@ may be necessary to install a specific version of package `bar`. The `bar`
 package may itself have dependencies, and in some cases, these may even collide
 or form cyclic dependencies.
 
-Since Node.js looks up the `realpath` of any modules it loads (that is,
-resolves symlinks), and then looks for their dependencies in the `node_modules`
-folders as described [here](#modules_loading_from_node_modules_folders), this
-situation is very simple to resolve with the following architecture:
+Because Node.js looks up the `realpath` of any modules it loads (that is, it
+resolves symlinks) and then [looks for their dependencies in `node_modules` folders](#modules_loading_from_node_modules_folders),
+this situation can be resolved with the following architecture:
 
 * `/usr/lib/node/foo/1.2.3/`: Contents of the `foo` package, version 1.2.3.
 * `/usr/lib/node/bar/4.3.2/`: Contents of the `bar` package that `foo` depends