diff --git a/src/lines.rs b/src/lines.rs
index 60a95dcc1..f0d69102a 100644
--- a/src/lines.rs
+++ b/src/lines.rs
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ impl<S: AsRef<str>> MaxLine for S {
     }
 }
 
-/// Split `s` on \n or \r\n. Always returns a non-empty vec. Does not
-/// include the trailing newline.
+/// Split `s` on \n or \r\n. Always returns a non-empty vec. Each line
+/// in the vec does not include the trailing newline.
 ///
 /// This differs from `str::lines`, which considers `""` to be zero
 /// lines and `"foo\n"` to be one line.