diff --git a/doc/wget.texi b/doc/wget.texi
index 15dcd51c..22f243ac 100644
--- a/doc/wget.texi
+++ b/doc/wget.texi
@@ -512,8 +512,9 @@ IPs.
 @item -t @var{number}
 @itemx --tries=@var{number}
 Set number of retries to @var{number}.  Specify 0 or @samp{inf} for
-infinite retrying.  The default is to retry 20 times but fatal errors
-like ``connection refused'' or ``not found'' (404) are not retried.
+infinite retrying.  The default is to retry 20 times, with the exception
+of fatal errors like ``connection refused'' or ``not found'' (404),
+which are not retried.
 
 @item -O @var{file}
 @itemx --output-document=@var{file}