diff --git a/collects/scribblings/guide/welcome.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/guide/welcome.scrbl
index 4e9d39306e..0ce594e3e1 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/guide/welcome.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/guide/welcome.scrbl
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ programs. The problems are not specific to @exec{racket}; they're
 fundamental limitations of the traditional top-level environment,
 which Scheme and Lisp implementations have historically fought with ad
 hoc command-line flags, compiler directives, and build tools. The
-module system is to designed to avoid these problems, so start with
+module system is designed to avoid these problems, so start with
 @hash-lang[], and you'll be happier with Racket in the long run.
 
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