diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/write-out.md b/docs/cmdline-opts/write-out.md
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@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ The URL scheme (sometimes called protocol) that was effectively used. (Added in
 
 ## `size_delivered`
 The total amount of data that were saved or written to stdout. When
---compressed is used, this could very well be different than `size_download`.
+--compressed is used, this is likely different than `size_download`.
 
 ## `size_download`
 The total amount of bytes that were downloaded. This is the size of the