diff --git a/docs/request_response.txt b/docs/request_response.txt
index 1eef41659a..cf68505066 100644
--- a/docs/request_response.txt
+++ b/docs/request_response.txt
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ subclass of dictionary. Exceptions are outlined here:
     * ``__getitem__(key)`` -- Returns the value for the given key. If the key
       has more than one value, ``__getitem__()`` returns the last value.
       Raises ``django.utils.datastructure.MultiValueDictKeyError`` if the key
-      does not exist (fortunately, this is a subclass of Python's standard
-      ``KeyError``, so you can stick to catching ``KeyError``).
+      does not exist. (This is a subclass of Python's standard ``KeyError``,
+      so you can stick to catching ``KeyError``.)
 
     * ``__setitem__(key, value)`` -- Sets the given key to ``[value]``
       (a Python list whose single element is ``value``). Note that this, as