diff --git a/prompts/LLM_PROSE_TELLS.md b/prompts/LLM_PROSE_TELLS.md
index 7b8d61e..f4b2d55 100644
--- a/prompts/LLM_PROSE_TELLS.md
+++ b/prompts/LLM_PROSE_TELLS.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # LLM Prose Tells
 
-Every pattern in this document shows up in human writing occasionally. They
-become diagnostic only through density. A person might use one or two across an
-entire essay, but LLM output packs fifteen into a single paragraph.
+Human writers occasionally use every pattern in this document. The reason they
+work as tells is that LLM output packs fifteen of them into a single paragraph
+where a human would use one or two across an entire essay.
 
 ---