diff --git a/src/ch10-01-syntax.md b/src/ch10-01-syntax.md
index 663844423e..c064094a54 100644
--- a/src/ch10-01-syntax.md
+++ b/src/ch10-01-syntax.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ same type `T`.
 Listing 10-5 shows the combined `largest` function definition using the generic
 data type in its signature. The listing also shows how we can call the function
 with either a slice of `i32` values or `char` values. Note that this code won’t
-compile yet, but we’ll fix it later in this chapter.
+compile yet.
 
 <Listing number="10-5" file-name="src/main.rs" caption="The `largest` function using generic type parameters; this doesn’t compile yet">
 
@@ -77,10 +77,10 @@ states that the body of `largest` won’t work for all possible types that `T`
 could be. Because we want to compare values of type `T` in the body, we can
 only use types whose values can be ordered. To enable comparisons, the standard
 library has the `std::cmp::PartialOrd` trait that you can implement on types
-(see Appendix C for more on this trait). By following the help text’s
-suggestion, we restrict the types valid for `T` to only those that implement
-`PartialOrd` and this example will compile, because the standard library
-implements `PartialOrd` on both `i32` and `char`.
+(see Appendix C for more on this trait). To fix the example code above, we would
+need to follow the help text's suggestions and restrict the types valid for `T`
+to only those that implement `PartialOrd`. The example would then compile, because
+the standard library implements `PartialOrd` on both `i32` and `char`.
 
 ### In Struct Definitions