diff --git a/src/doc/style-guide/src/items.md b/src/doc/style-guide/src/items.md
index f1f5344f3e2..79635e758f3 100644
--- a/src/doc/style-guide/src/items.md
+++ b/src/doc/style-guide/src/items.md
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ Tools should make the above ordering optional.
 
 ### Function definitions
 
-In Rust, one finds functions by searching for `fn [function-name]`; It's
-important that you style your code so that it's very searchable in this way.
+In Rust, people often find functions by searching for `fn [function-name]`, so
+the formatting of function definitions shold enable this.
 
 The proper ordering and spacing is: