diff --git a/servers/slapd/back-monitor/init.c b/servers/slapd/back-monitor/init.c
index c73caff65f..08ce16f5fd 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/back-monitor/init.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/back-monitor/init.c
@@ -1429,8 +1429,8 @@ monitor_back_db_open(
 		"cn: Monitor\n"
 		"description: This subtree contains monitoring/managing objects.\n"
 		"description: This object contains information about this server.\n"
-		"description: Most of the information is contained in operational\n"
-		"description: attributeTypes, which must be explicitly requested.\n"
+		"description: Most of the information is held in operational"
+		" attributeTypes, which must be explicitly requested.\n"
 		"creatorsName: %s\n"
 		"modifiersName: %s\n"
 		"createTimestamp: %s\n"