diff --git a/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts b/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts
index 4ce91dc1f888..8bdd351731ff 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts
@@ -544,8 +544,8 @@ export interface AstroUserConfig {
 	 * @type {boolean}
 	 * @default `true`
 	 * @description
-	 * This is an option to minify your HTML output and reduce the size of your HTML files. When enabled, Astro removes all whitespace from your HTML, including line breaks, from `.astro` components. This occurs both in development mode and in the final build.
-	 * This is enabled by default; to disable this, set the `compressHTML` flag to `false`.
+	 * This is an option to minify your HTML output and reduce the size of your HTML files. By default, Astro removes all whitespace from your HTML, including line breaks, from `.astro` components. This occurs both in development mode and in the final build.
+	 * To disable HTML compression, set the `compressHTML` flag to `false`.
 	 *
 	 * ```js
 	 * {