diff --git a/compliance-guide.tex b/compliance-guide.tex
index 4b6c1257875d40248202939f55af9dce8ef5516d..05b1c8f2427ae679728d6a8850bc791141a1a452 100644
--- a/compliance-guide.tex
+++ b/compliance-guide.tex
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ systems most often encountered typically consist of a full operating system
 including components under the GPL (e.g., Linux, BusyBox) and components
 under the LGPL (e.g., the GNU C Library).  Sometimes, these programs have
 been patched or slightly improved by direct modification of their sources,
-resulting unequivocally in a derivative work.  Alongside these programs,
+and thus the result is unequivocally a derivative work.  Alongside these programs,
 companies often distribute fully independent, proprietary programs,
 developed from scratch, which are designed to run on the Free Software operating
 system but do not combine with, link to, modify, derive from, or otherwise
