diff --git a/site/content/docs/01-component-format.md b/site/content/docs/01-component-format.md
index 05c55f9e0f..0d8cc6a43e 100644
--- a/site/content/docs/01-component-format.md
+++ b/site/content/docs/01-component-format.md
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ If a statement consists entirely of an assignment to an undeclared variable, Sve
 
 A *store* is an object that allows reactive access to a value via a simple *store contract*. The [`svelte/store` module](docs#svelte_store) contains minimal store implementations which fulfil this contract.
 
-Any time you have a reference to a store, you can access its value inside a component by prefixing it with the `$` character. This causes Svelte to declare the prefixed variable, and set up a store subscription that will be unsubscribed when appropriate.
+Any time you have a reference to a store, you can access its value inside a component by prefixing it with the `$` character. This causes Svelte to declare the prefixed variable, subscribe to the store at component initialization and unsubscribe when appropriate.
 
 Assignments to `$`-prefixed variables require that the variable be a writable store, and will result in a call to the store's `.set` method.
 
@@ -321,4 +321,4 @@ In that case, the `<style>` tag will be inserted as-is into the DOM, no scoping
 		}
 	</style>
 </div>
-```
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+```