diff --git a/modules/path/path.module b/modules/path/path.module
index 8608a34d274df2b950fc8d4da38fb245f5cdbee6..ce18747e9e1d7d9039fcecf55f01959588022ab7 100644
--- a/modules/path/path.module
+++ b/modules/path/path.module
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ function path_help($path, $arg) {
       $output .= '<p>' . t('For more information, see the online handbook entry for <a href="@path">Path module</a>.', array('@path' => 'http://drupal.org/handbook/modules/path/')) . '</p>';
       return $output;
     case 'admin/settings/path':
-      return '<p>' . t("Drupal provides complete control over URLs through aliasing, which is often used to make URLs more readable or easy to remember. For example, the alias 'about' may be mapped onto the post at the system path 'node/1', creating a more meaningful URL. Each system path can have multiple aliases.") . '</p>';
+      return '<p>' . t("An alias defines a different name for an existing URL path - for example, the alias 'about' for the URL path 'node/1'. A URL path can have multiple aliases.") . '</p>';
     case 'admin/settings/path/add':
       return '<p>' . t('Enter the path you wish to create the alias for, followed by the name of the new alias.') . '</p>';
   }