diff --git a/xml/ns-System.IO.Pipelines.xml b/xml/ns-System.IO.Pipelines.xml
index adf3f46ab9d..4c8d02400ce 100644
--- a/xml/ns-System.IO.Pipelines.xml
+++ b/xml/ns-System.IO.Pipelines.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Namespace Name="System.IO.Pipelines">
   <Docs>
-    <summary>The System.IO.Pipelines namespace provides types that allow performing complex, high performance IO operations.</summary>
+    <summary>The System.IO.Pipelines namespace provides types for performing complex, high performance input-output (IO) operations.</summary>
     <remarks>To be added.</remarks>
   </Docs>
 </Namespace>