diff --git a/core/INSTALL.txt b/core/INSTALL.txt
index 00cdbd7..f72d066 100644
--- a/core/INSTALL.txt
+++ b/core/INSTALL.txt
@@ -336,11 +336,11 @@ the example.sites.php file:
 Additional site configurations are created in subdirectories within the 'sites'
 directory. Each subdirectory must have a 'settings.php' file, which specifies
 the configuration settings. The easiest way to create additional sites is to
-copy file 'default.settings.php' from the 'sites/default' directory into the new
-site directory into the a 'settings.php' file and modify as appropriate.
-The new directory name is constructed from the site's URL. The configuration for
-www.example.com could be in 'sites/example.com/settings.php' (note that 'www.'
-should be omitted if users can access your site at http://example.com/).
+copy file 'default.settings.php' from the 'sites/default' directory into the
+new site directory with file name 'settings.php' and modify as appropriate.
+The new directory name is constructed from the site's URL. The configuration
+for www.example.com could be in 'sites/example.com/settings.php' (note that
+'www.' should be omitted if users can access your site at http://example.com/).
 
   $ cp sites/default/defaults.settings.php sites/example.com/settings.php