diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.md b/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.md
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--- a/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.md
+++ b/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.md
@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ To see how the `docker:latest` image was built:
     750d58736b4b        6 weeks ago         /bin/sh -c #(nop) MAINTAINER Tianon Gravi <ad   0 B
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-To see how the `docker:apache` image which was commited from a container:
+To see how the `docker:apache` image was added to a container's base image:
 
     $ sudo docker history docker:scm
     IMAGE               CREATED             CREATED BY                                      SIZE                COMMENT