diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/painting/text_style.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/painting/text_style.dart
index 4946c392166..c812fb33a15 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/painting/text_style.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/painting/text_style.dart
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const String _kColorBackgroundWarning = 'Cannot provide both a backgroundColor a
 // Examples can assume:
 // BuildContext context;
 
-/// An immutable style in which paint text.
+/// An immutable style describing how to format and paint text.
 ///
 /// ### Bold
 ///