diff --git a/Documentation/technical/rerere.adoc b/Documentation/technical/rerere.adoc
index 580f23360a..56ec7093f5 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/rerere.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/technical/rerere.adoc
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Sorting hunks
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 As before, let's imagine that a common ancestor had a file with line A
-its early part, and line X in its late part.  And then four branches
+in its early part, and line X in its late part.  And then four branches
 are forked that do these things:
 
     - AB: changes A to B