diff --git a/src/ch01-00-introduction.md b/src/ch01-00-introduction.md
index badc112..e75bfc3 100644
--- a/src/ch01-00-introduction.md
+++ b/src/ch01-00-introduction.md
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ concurrency. Its design lets you create programs that have the performance and
 control of a low-level language, but with helpful abstractions that feel like a
 high-level language. The Rust community welcomes all programmers who have their
 experience in languages like C and are looking for a safer alternative, as well
-as programmers from languages like Python who are looking for ways to write more
-performant code without losing expressiveness.
+as programmers from languages like Python who are looking for ways to write
+code that performs better without losing expressiveness.
 
 Rust provides the majority of its safety checks at compile time and without a
 garbage collector so that your program's runtime isn't impacted. This makes it