Merge pull request #6980 from ethereum/wip/own-clar

[DOCS] Clarify what owning contract means

docs/introduction-to-smart-contracts.rst

@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ data (its *state*) that resides at a specific address on the Ethereum
 blockchain. The line ``uint storedData;`` declares a state variable called ``storedData`` of
 type ``uint`` (*u*\nsigned *int*\eger of *256* bits). You can think of it as a single slot
 in a database that you can query and alter by calling functions of the
-code that manages the database. In the case of Ethereum, this is always the owning
-contract. In this case, the functions ``set`` and ``get`` can be used to modify
+code that manages the database. In this example, the contract defines the functions ``set`` and ``get`` that can be used to modify
 or retrieve the value of the variable.
 
 To access a state variable, you do not need the prefix ``this.`` as is common in