diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh b/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh
index 7152ae49f..daed6a1d0 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
 #        Bash: PS1='[\u@\h \W$(__git_ps1 " (%s)")]\$ '
 #        ZSH:  PS1='[%n@%m %c$(__git_ps1 " (%s)")]\$ '
 #        the optional argument will be used as format string.
-#    3b) Alternatively, if you are using bash, __git_ps1 can be
-#        used for PROMPT_COMMAND with two parameters, <pre> and
-#        <post>, which are strings you would put in $PS1 before
-#        and after the status string generated by the git-prompt
-#        machinery.  e.g.
+#    3b) Alternatively, for a slighly faster prompt, if you are
+#        using bash, __git_ps1 can be used for PROMPT_COMMAND
+#        with two parameters, <pre> and <post>, which are strings
+#        you would put in $PS1 before and after the status string
+#        generated by the git-prompt machinery.  e.g.
 #        Bash: PROMPT_COMMAND='__git_ps1 "\u@\h:\w" "\\\$ "'
 #        ZSH:  precmd () { __git_ps1 "%n" ":%~$ " "|%s" }
 #        will show username, at-sign, host, colon, cwd, then