diff --git a/docs/topics/architecture.rst b/docs/topics/architecture.rst
index 84c053660..31b1c4ddd 100644
--- a/docs/topics/architecture.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/architecture.rst
@@ -62,11 +62,10 @@ this:
    :ref:`Spider Middleware <component-spider-middleware>` (output direction).
 
 8. The :ref:`Engine <component-engine>` sends processed items to
-   :ref:`Item Pipelines <component-pipelines>`, then sends processed Requests to
-   the :ref:`Scheduler <component-scheduler>` and asks for the next
-   Requests to crawl.
+   :ref:`Item Pipelines <component-pipelines>` and processed Requests to
+   the :ref:`Scheduler <component-scheduler>`.
 
-9. The process repeats (from step 2) until there are no more requests from the
+9. The process repeats (from step 1) until there are no more requests from the
    :ref:`Scheduler <component-scheduler>`.
 
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