diff --git a/Doc/lib/libmimify.tex b/Doc/lib/libmimify.tex
index 096c38a..dffd1a0 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libmimify.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libmimify.tex
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 
 \begin{datadesc}{MAXLEN}
 By default, a part will be encoded as quoted-printable when it
-contains any non-\ASCII{} characters (i.e., characters with the 8th bit
+contains any non-\ASCII{} characters (characters with the 8th bit
 set), or if there are any lines longer than \constant{MAXLEN} characters
 (default value 200).  
 \end{datadesc}