diff --git a/Modelica/Blocks/Tables.mo b/Modelica/Blocks/Tables.mo
index 0559d64a5d..f46f61bf58 100644
--- a/Modelica/Blocks/Tables.mo
+++ b/Modelica/Blocks/Tables.mo
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ extrapolation = 1: Hold the first or last value of the table,
                    two table points.).
               = 3: Periodically repeat the table data (periodical function).
                    Because no assumption can be made about the spacing of the
-                   samples, defined in the first column, the repetition period
+                   samples -- defined in the first column -- the repetition period
                    is table[end,1]-table[1,1]. See 'ContinuityPeriodicTableExtrapolation'
                    in the examples.
               = 4: No extrapolation, i.e. extrapolation triggers an error
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ extrapolation = 1: Hold the first or last value of the table,
                    two table points.).
               = 3: Periodically repeat the table data (periodical function).
                    Because no assumption can be made about the spacing of the
-                   samples, defined in the first column, the repetition period
+                   samples -- defined in the first column -- the repetition period
                    is table[end,1]-table[1,1]. See 'ContinuityPeriodicTableExtrapolation'
                    in the examples.
               = 4: No extrapolation, i.e. extrapolation triggers an error