diff --git a/site/docs/posts.md b/site/docs/posts.md
index a03d9350..f465a131 100644
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@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ work](../templates) with Jekyll if you want to know more.
 
 ## Post excerpts
 
-Posts automatically take the first block of text, from the beginning of the content
-to the first occurrence of `excerpt_separator`, and set it as the `post.excerpt`.
+Each post automatically takes the first block of text, from the beginning of the content
+to the first occurrence of `excerpt_separator`, and sets it as the `post.excerpt`.
 Take the above example of an index of posts. Perhaps you want to include
 a little hint about the post's content by adding the first paragraph of each of your
 posts: