diff --git a/collects/scribblings/guide/regexp.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/guide/regexp.scrbl
index 73c1ae13d6..edd8c344fd 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/guide/regexp.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/guide/regexp.scrbl
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ the call
 (regexp-match #rx"a*aa" "aaaa")
 ]
 
-the matcher backtracks even further.  Overall, failure is conceded
+the matcher backtracks even further.  Overall failure is conceded
 only when all possible backtracking has been tried with no success.
 
 Backtracking is not restricted to greedy quantifiers.