diff --git a/doc/tutorial/basics/aliases.md b/doc/tutorial/basics/aliases.md
index 481294c..ef96dcf 100644
--- a/doc/tutorial/basics/aliases.md
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@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 
 A typical use case is to provide access to a shadowed field.
 
-Alias are not members of a struct. They can be referred to, but they do not
-appear in the output.
+Alias are not members of a struct. They can be referred to only within the
+struct, and they do not appear in the output.
 
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