diff --git a/Doc/reference/toplevel_components.rst b/Doc/reference/toplevel_components.rst
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--- a/Doc/reference/toplevel_components.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/toplevel_components.rst
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ a complete program; each statement is executed in the namespace of
    single: command line
    single: standard input
 
-Under Unix, a complete program can be passed to the interpreter in three forms:
-with the :option:`-c` *string* command line option, as a file passed as the
-first command line argument, or as standard input. If the file or standard input
-is a tty device, the interpreter enters interactive mode; otherwise, it executes
-the file as a complete program.
+A complete program can be passed to the interpreter
+in three forms: with the :option:`-c` *string* command line option, as a file
+passed as the first command line argument, or as standard input. If the file
+or standard input is a tty device, the interpreter enters interactive mode;
+otherwise, it executes the file as a complete program.
 
 
 .. _file-input: