diff --git a/src/conversion/string.md b/src/conversion/string.md
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@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ fn main() {
 ## Parsing a String
 
 One of the more common types to convert a string into is a number. The idiomatic
-approach to this is to use the [`parse`] function and provide the type for the
-function to parse the string value into, this can be done either without type
-inference or using the 'turbofish' syntax.
+approach to this is to use the [`parse`] function and either to arrange for
+type inference or to specify the type to parse using the 'turbofish' syntax.
+Both alternatives are shown in the following example.
 
 This will convert the string into the type specified so long as the [`FromStr`]
 trait is implemented for that type. This is implemented for numerous types