diff --git a/Doc/lib/email.tex b/Doc/lib/email.tex
index 47bbf5be6da..debed70a709 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/email.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/email.tex
@@ -323,9 +323,10 @@ family pictures that may be residing in a directory:
 
 \verbatiminput{email-mime.py}
 
-Here's an example\footnote{Thanks to Matthew Dixon Cowles for the
-original inspiration and examples.} of how to send the entire contents
-of a directory as an email message:
+Here's an example of how to send the entire contents of a directory as
+an email message:
+\footnote{Thanks to Matthew Dixon Cowles for the original inspiration
+          and examples.}
 
 \verbatiminput{email-dir.py}