diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/ChannelPipeline.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/ChannelPipeline.java
index 7499824708..09fc7ceb5a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/ChannelPipeline.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/ChannelPipeline.java
@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@ import org.jboss.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler;
  *  |             I/O Threads (Transport Implementation)               |
  *  +------------------------------------------------------------------+
  * </pre>
- * Please note that a upstream event is processed by from the first upstream
- * handler to the last upstream handler (i.e. to the next) and a downstream
- * event is processed by from the last downstream handler to the first
- * downstream handler (i.e. to the previous).
+ * Please note that a upstream event flows from the first upstream handler
+ * to the last upstream handler (i.e. to the next) and a downstream event
+ * flows from the last downstream handler to the first downstream handler
+ * (i.e. to the previous).
  *
  * <h3>Building a pipeline</h3>
  * <p>