diff --git a/docs/topics/downloader-middleware.rst b/docs/topics/downloader-middleware.rst
index 4940f914a..4ff0cf109 100644
--- a/docs/topics/downloader-middleware.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/downloader-middleware.rst
@@ -297,7 +297,9 @@ Here's an example of a log with :setting:`COOKIES_DEBUG` enabled::
 
 Direct access to cookiejars from spider
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-On some cases it is required to directly set specific values to existing cookiejar
+
+In some cases it is required to directly set specific values in an existing
+cookiejar.
 
 .. code-block:: python