diff --git a/Documentation/btrfs-scrub.asciidoc b/Documentation/btrfs-scrub.asciidoc
index f579c39e..149c9bd9 100644
--- a/Documentation/btrfs-scrub.asciidoc
+++ b/Documentation/btrfs-scrub.asciidoc
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ The scrubbing status is recorded in '/var/lib/btrfs/' in textual files named
 'scrub.status.UUID' for a filesystem identified by the given UUID. (An
 itermediate progress is communicated through a named pipe in file
 'scrub.progress.UUID' in the same directory.) The status file is updated
-periodically every 5 seconds. An resumed scrub will continue from the last
+periodically every 5 seconds. A resumed scrub will continue from the last
 saved position.
 
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