diff --git a/pages/common/history.md b/pages/common/history.md
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@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 
 `history -c`
 
-- Overwrite history file with history of current `bash` shell (typically combined with `history -c` to completely erase history):
+- Overwrite history file with history of current `bash` shell (often combined with `history -c` to purge history):
 
 `history -w`