diff --git a/doc/BUGS b/doc/BUGS
index cc2f007a0..f7e926bc7 100644
--- a/doc/BUGS
+++ b/doc/BUGS
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Introduced with version 2.5:
     did not work with the new symbol table code, and should be unnecessary as
     soon as local variables are allocated in one chunk on function entry.
 
-  * Register variables are not currently unavailable. The command line
-    switches and the "register" keyword is still accepted, so this should not
-    harm existing programs.
+  * Register variables are currently unavailable. The command line switches
+    and the "register" keyword is still accepted, so this should not harm
+    existing programs.