diff --git a/source/basic.tex b/source/basic.tex
index 733d6699d0..f403ddec19 100644
--- a/source/basic.tex
+++ b/source/basic.tex
@@ -4437,12 +4437,11 @@
 \rSec2[class.temporary]{Temporary objects}
 
 \pnum
-\indextext{object temporary|see{temporary}}%
 \indextext{temporary}%
 \indextext{optimization of temporary|see{temporary, elimination of}}%
 \indextext{temporary!elimination of}%
 \indextext{temporary!implementation-defined generation of}%
-Temporary objects are created
+A \defnadj{temporary}{object} is an object created
 \begin{itemize}
 \item
 when a prvalue is converted to an xvalue\iref{conv.rval} and