diff --git a/docs/handbook/image-file-formats.rst b/docs/handbook/image-file-formats.rst
index bb2f854bc..b38efaccd 100644
--- a/docs/handbook/image-file-formats.rst
+++ b/docs/handbook/image-file-formats.rst
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ When an image is opened from a file, only that instance of the image is consider
 have the format. Copies of the image will contain data loaded from the file, but not
 the file itself, meaning that it can no longer be considered to be in the original
 format. So if :py:meth:`~PIL.Image.Image.copy` is called on an image, or another method
-internally creates a copy of the image, the ``fp`` (file pointer), along with any
-methods and attributes specific to a format. The :py:attr:`~PIL.Image.Image.format`
-attribute will be ``None``.
+internally creates a copy of the image, then any methods or attributes specific to the
+format will no longer be present. The ``fp`` (file pointer) attribute will no longer be
+present, and the :py:attr:`~PIL.Image.Image.format` attribute will be ``None``.
 
 Fully supported formats
 -----------------------