diff --git a/gnu/packages/lisp-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/lisp-xyz.scm
index 7edaf6bd1e..024daa4481 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/lisp-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/lisp-xyz.scm
@@ -2785,8 +2785,8 @@ (define-public sbcl-unix-opts
 options once and then use this definition for parsing and extraction of
 command line arguments, as well as printing description of command line
 options (you get --help for free).  This way you don't need to repeat
-yourself.  Also, @command{unix-opts} doesn't depend on anything and allows to
-precisely control behavior of the parser via Common Lisp restarts.")
+yourself.  Also, @command{unix-opts} doesn't depend on anything and
+precisely controls the behavior of the parser via Common Lisp restarts.")
     (license license:expat)))
 
 (define-public cl-unix-opts