diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index db3eca865eb..48e311fa758 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ name
 [clone_on_copy](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#clone_on_copy)                                       | warn    | using `clone` on a `Copy` type
 [cmp_nan](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#cmp_nan)                                                   | deny    | comparisons to NAN (which will always return false, which is probably not intended)
 [cmp_owned](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#cmp_owned)                                               | warn    | creating owned instances for comparing with others, e.g. `x == "foo".to_string()`
-[collapsible_if](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#collapsible_if)                                     | warn    | two nested `if`-expressions can be collapsed into one, e.g. `if x { if y { foo() } }` can be written as `if x && y { foo() }` and an `else { if .. } expression can be collapsed to `else if`
+[collapsible_if](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#collapsible_if)                                     | warn    | two nested `if`-expressions can be collapsed into one, e.g. `if x { if y { foo() } }` can be written as `if x && y { foo() }` and an `else { if .. }` expression can be collapsed to `else if`
 [crosspointer_transmute](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#crosspointer_transmute)                     | warn    | transmutes that have to or from types that are a pointer to the other
 [cyclomatic_complexity](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#cyclomatic_complexity)                       | warn    | finds functions that should be split up into multiple functions
 [deprecated_semver](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#deprecated_semver)                               | warn    | `Warn` on `#[deprecated(since = "x")]` where x is not semver
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/collapsible_if.rs b/clippy_lints/src/collapsible_if.rs
index 57252037270..148f5ccc560 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/collapsible_if.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/collapsible_if.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ declare_lint! {
     pub COLLAPSIBLE_IF,
     Warn,
     "two nested `if`-expressions can be collapsed into one, e.g. `if x { if y { foo() } }` \
-     can be written as `if x && y { foo() }` and an `else { if .. } expression can be collapsed to \
+     can be written as `if x && y { foo() }` \
+     and an `else { if .. }` expression can be collapsed to \
      `else if`"
 }