diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 65e56575ccf..8a9e5d052c1 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -770,15 +770,14 @@ This section only applies to systems without Guix.  Following it for
 existing Guix installations will overwrite important system files.
 @end quotation
 
-The Guix project also provides a shell script,
-@uref{https://guix.gnu.org/guix-install.sh, @file{guix-install.sh}},
-which automates the binary installation process without use of a foreign
-distro package manager.
+The
+@uref{https://guix.gnu.org/guix-install.sh, @file{guix-install.sh}}
+shell script automates the binary installation process.
 Use of @file{guix-install.sh} requires Bash, GnuPG, GNU@tie{}tar, wget,
 and Xz.  On systems where systemd is detected, the tool
 @command{newgidmap} from the @code{uidmap} package is also required.
 
-The script guides you through the following:
+The script goes through the following steps:
 
 @itemize
 @item Downloading and extracting the binary tarball