diff --git a/docs/concepts/projects.md b/docs/concepts/projects.md
index e07af580db56a..577f675e1d6f7 100644
--- a/docs/concepts/projects.md
+++ b/docs/concepts/projects.md
@@ -286,8 +286,8 @@ workspace root.
 If an environment is not present at the given path, uv will create it.
 
 This option can be used to write to the system Python environment, though it is not recommended.
-`uv sync` will remove extraneous packages from the environment by default, which means if there are
-installed packages relevant to the operation of the system, the system may be broken.
+`uv sync` will remove extraneous packages from the environment by default and, as such, may
+leave the system in a broken state.
 
 !!! important