diff --git a/docs/base-css.html b/docs/base-css.html
index 1e9f6e8c4e..c37db88840 100644
--- a/docs/base-css.html
+++ b/docs/base-css.html
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ For example, <code>section</code> should be wrapped as inline.
     </div><!--/span-->
     <div class="span4">
       <h2>Basic block</h2>
-      <p>Use <code>&lt;pre&gt;</code> for multiple lines of code. Be sure to turn any angle brackets into unicode characters for proper rendering.</p>
+      <p>Use <code>&lt;pre&gt;</code> for multiple lines of code. Be sure to escape any angle brackets in the code for proper rendering.</p>
 <pre>
 &lt;p&gt;Sample text here...&lt;/p&gt;
 </pre>