diff --git a/heat/tests/templates/README b/heat/tests/templates/README
index 4c4c92eeca..e56653f354 100644
--- a/heat/tests/templates/README
+++ b/heat/tests/templates/README
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 These templates are required by test_template_format and test_provider_template
-where we don't want to use a minimal template snippet (we want ideally to test
-the maximum possible syntax to prove the format conversion works)
+in situations where we don't want to use a minimal template snippet. Ideally we
+want to test the maximum possible syntax to prove the format conversion works.
 
 In general, tests should not depend on these templates, inline minimal
 template snippets are preferred.