diff --git a/src/cfi_backward.adoc b/src/cfi_backward.adoc
index b1af932..5cfd676 100644
--- a/src/cfi_backward.adoc
+++ b/src/cfi_backward.adoc
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ less than M:
 * The `pte.xwr=010b` encoding in VS/S-stage page tables becomes reserved.
 * `SSAMOSWAP.W/D` raises an illegal-instruction exception.
 
-When `menvcfg.SSE` is 0, `henvcfg.SSE` and `senvcfg.SSE` fields will are
-read-only zero.
+When `menvcfg.SSE` is 0, `henvcfg.SSE` and `senvcfg.SSE` fields are read-only
+zero.
 
 ==== Supervisor Environment Configuration Register (`senvcfg`)