diff --git a/xml/System.Text/StringBuilder.xml b/xml/System.Text/StringBuilder.xml
index da1c9cfbab5..ca226958701 100644
--- a/xml/System.Text/StringBuilder.xml
+++ b/xml/System.Text/StringBuilder.xml
@@ -5267,8 +5267,8 @@ The `Equals` method performs an ordinal comparison to determine whether the char
An object to compare with this instance, or .
Returns a value indicating whether this instance is equal to a specified object.
- if this instance and have equal string, , and values; otherwise, .
-
+ if the characters in this instance and are equal; otherwise, .
+