diff --git a/src/atomics.md b/src/atomics.md
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--- a/src/atomics.md
+++ b/src/atomics.md
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ However there's a third potential state that the hardware enables:
 * `y = 2`: (thread 2 saw `x = 1`, but not `y = 3`, and then overwrote `y = 3`)
 
 It's worth noting that different kinds of CPU provide different guarantees. It
-is common to separate hardware into two categories: strongly-ordered and weakly-
-ordered. Most notably x86/64 provides strong ordering guarantees, while ARM
+is common to separate hardware into two categories: strongly-ordered and weakly-ordered.
+Most notably x86/64 provides strong ordering guarantees, while ARM
 provides weak ordering guarantees. This has two consequences for concurrent
 programming: