diff --git a/cli/recipe/release.go b/cli/recipe/release.go
index 7c8b356a..9483a681 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 maintained as 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 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).
 
 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