diff --git a/cli/recipe/release.go b/cli/recipe/release.go
index f73cc90c..4a5c43c6 100644
--- a/cli/recipe/release.go
+++ b/cli/recipe/release.go
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ These tags take the following form:
 
     a.b.c+x.y.z
 
-Where the "a.b.c" part is a semantic version of the recipe by the recipe
-maintainer. And the "x.y.z" part is the image tag of the recipe "app" service
-(the main container which contains the software to be used).
+Where the "a.b.c" part is a semantic version determined by the maintainer. And
+the "x.y.z" part is the image tag of the recipe "app" service (the main
+container which contains the software to be used).
 
 We maintain a semantic versioning scheme ("a.b.c") alongside the libre app
 versioning scheme in order to maximise the chances that the nature of recipe