diff --git a/site/_docs/collections.md b/site/_docs/collections.md
index 38030b35..c8dd4455 100644
--- a/site/_docs/collections.md
+++ b/site/_docs/collections.md
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ For example, if you have `_my_collection/some_subdir/some_doc.md`,
 it will be rendered using Liquid and the Markdown converter of your
 choice and written out to `<dest>/my_collection/some_subdir/some_doc.html`.
 
-As for posts with [Permalinks](../permalinks/), document URL can be customized
-by setting a `permalink` metadata to the collection:
+As for posts with [Permalinks](../permalinks/), the document
+URL can be customized by setting `permalink` metadata for the collection:
 
 {% highlight yaml %}
 collections: