diff --git a/cpu/doc.txt b/cpu/doc.txt
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@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
  * @brief CPU specific implementations
  *
  * This module contains all CPU specific source files. In case of multiple CPUs
- * sharing the same architecture, the implementation is split in a cpu specific
- * and a architecture specific part (eg. arm-common and lpc2387).
+ * sharing the same architecture, the implementation is split into several CPU
+ * specific parts and an architecture part (e.g. arm7_common and lpc2387).
  */