diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ $phpWord->save('helloWorld.docx');
 $phpWord->save('helloWorld.odt', 'ODText');
 $phpWord->save('helloWorld.rtf', 'RTF');
 ```
-:warning: Escape any string you pass to your document. Otherwise you may break the document.
+:warning: Escape any string you pass to your document, otherwise it may get broken.
 
 More examples are provided in the [samples folder](samples/). You can also read the [Developers' Documentation](http://phpword.readthedocs.org/) and the [API Documentation](http://phpoffice.github.io/PHPWord/docs/master/) for more detail.