diff --git a/lisp/custom.el b/lisp/custom.el
index 2ba45c147e2..df2488bda40 100644
--- a/lisp/custom.el
+++ b/lisp/custom.el
@@ -637,12 +637,12 @@ set by three different themes.  Its `theme-value' property is:
    \(jonadab set underline)
    \(gnome2 set info-xref)
 
-The theme `subtle-hacker' says to use the same value for the
-variable as the theme `gnome2'.  Therefore, the theme value of
-the variable is `info-xref'.  The theme value defined by
-`subtle-hacker' is in effect, because that theme currently has
-the highest precedence.  To change the precedence of the themes,
-use `enable-theme'.
+The theme value defined by `subtle-hacker' is in effect, because
+that theme currently has the highest precedence.  The theme
+`subtle-hacker' says to use the same value for the variable as
+the theme `gnome2'.  Therefore, the theme value of the variable
+is `info-xref'.  To change the precedence of the themes, use
+`enable-theme'.
 
 The user has not customized the variable; had he done that, the
 list would contain an entry for the `user' theme, too.