diff --git a/collects/scribblings/reference/syntax-model.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/reference/syntax-model.scrbl
index b092581e3b..05927021ba 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/reference/syntax-model.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/reference/syntax-model.scrbl
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ be @tech{expand}ed (i.e. parsed) before it can be evaluated, and it is
 expanded at @tech{phase level} 1 (i.e., in the @tech{transformer
 environment}) instead of @tech{phase level} 0.
 
-The if resulting @scheme[value] is a procedure of one argument or as
+The resulting @scheme[value] is a procedure of one argument or as
 the result of @scheme[make-set!-transformer] on a procedure, then is
 it used as a @deftech{syntax transformer} (a.k.a. @deftech{macro}).
 The procedure is expected to accept a syntax object and return a