diff --git a/src/doc/en/thematic_tutorials/coercion_and_categories.rst b/src/doc/en/thematic_tutorials/coercion_and_categories.rst
index bd76813e9c8..b58c9c59de7 100644
--- a/src/doc/en/thematic_tutorials/coercion_and_categories.rst
+++ b/src/doc/en/thematic_tutorials/coercion_and_categories.rst
@@ -447,10 +447,10 @@ Sage's category framework can differentiate the two cases::
 And indeed, ``MS2`` has *more* methods than ``MS1``::
 
     sage: import inspect
-    sage: len([s for s in dir(MS1) if inspect.ismethod(getattr(MS1,s,None))])
-    81
-    sage: len([s for s in dir(MS2) if inspect.ismethod(getattr(MS2,s,None))])
-    121
+    sage: L1 = len([s for s in dir(MS1) if inspect.ismethod(getattr(MS1,s,None))])
+    sage: L2 = len([s for s in dir(MS2) if inspect.ismethod(getattr(MS2,s,None))])
+    sage: L1 < L2
+    True
 
 This is because the class of ``MS2`` also inherits from the parent
 class for algebras::