diff --git a/MANUAL.txt b/MANUAL.txt
index 3a1b932da..a30b15beb 100644
--- a/MANUAL.txt
+++ b/MANUAL.txt
@@ -4151,7 +4151,7 @@ capital letter with a period, by at least two spaces.[^2]
 [^2]:  The point of this rule is to ensure that normal paragraphs
     starting with people's initials, like
 
-        B. Russell was an English philosopher.
+        B. Russell won a Nobel Prize (but not for "On Denoting").
 
     do not get treated as list items.