diff --git a/docs/topics/cache.txt b/docs/topics/cache.txt
index 92e0c9c044..06b2cbe2e0 100644
--- a/docs/topics/cache.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/cache.txt
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ dramatically increase site performance.
 
 Memcached is available for free at http://danga.com/memcached/ . It runs as a
 daemon and is allotted a specified amount of RAM. All it does is provide an
-interface -- a *super-lightning-fast* interface -- for adding, retrieving and
+interface -- a *lightning-fast* interface -- for adding, retrieving and
 deleting arbitrary data in the cache. All data is stored directly in memory,
 so there's no overhead of database or filesystem usage.