diff --git a/inform7/Internal/Extensions/Graham Nelson/Standard Rules.i7xd/Source/Sections/Variables and Rulebooks.w b/inform7/Internal/Extensions/Graham Nelson/Standard Rules.i7xd/Source/Sections/Variables and Rulebooks.w
index 3bb4c17cf..ca8c80561 100644
--- a/inform7/Internal/Extensions/Graham Nelson/Standard Rules.i7xd/Source/Sections/Variables and Rulebooks.w	
+++ b/inform7/Internal/Extensions/Graham Nelson/Standard Rules.i7xd/Source/Sections/Variables and Rulebooks.w	
@@ -946,7 +946,8 @@ A specific action-processing rule (this is the carry out stage rule):
 
 A specific action-processing rule (this is the after stage rule):
 	if action in world is true:
-		abide by the after rules.
+		follow the after rules;
+		rule succeeds;
 
 A specific action-processing rule
 	(this is the investigate player's awareness after action rule):