Revert "Confusing and long sentence"
diff --git a/src/conversion/string.md b/src/conversion/string.md
index ab14521..9ced198 100644
--- a/src/conversion/string.md
+++ b/src/conversion/string.md
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@
 ## Parsing a String
 
 One of the more common types to convert a string into is a number. The idiomatic
-approach to this is to use the [`parse`] function and either to arrange for
-type inference or to specify the type to parse using the 'turbofish' syntax.
-Both alternatives are shown in the following example.
+approach to this is to use the [`parse`] function and provide the type for the
+function to parse the string value into, this can be done either without type
+inference or using the 'turbofish' syntax.
 
 This will convert the string into the type specified so long as the [`FromStr`]
 trait is implemented for that type. This is implemented for numerous types