diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index eae7510e1..1b4f4313f 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -798,11 +798,12 @@ $(window).scroll(throttled);
       <p id="debounce">
         <b class="header">debounce</b><code>_.debounce(function, wait)</code>
         <br />
-        Repeated calls to a debounced function will postpone it's execution
-        until after <b>wait</b> milliseconds have elapsed. Useful for implementing
-        behavior that should only happen <i>after</i> the input has stopped arriving.
-        For example: rendering a preview of a Markdown comment, recalculating a
-        layout after the window has stopped being resized...
+        Calling a debounced function will postpone its execution until after 
+        <b>wait</b> milliseconds have elapsed since the last time the function 
+        was invoked. Useful for implementing behavior that should only happen 
+        <i>after</i> the input has stopped arriving. For example: rendering a 
+        preview of a Markdown comment, recalculating a layout after the window 
+        has stopped being resized...
       </p>
       <pre>
 var lazyLayout = _.debounce(calculateLayout, 300);