diff --git a/docs/gmock_cook_book.md b/docs/gmock_cook_book.md
index b41c5b98..9494f122 100644
--- a/docs/gmock_cook_book.md
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@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ using ::testing::Lt;
 ```
 
 says that `Blah` will be called with arguments `x`, `y`, and `z` where `x < y <
-z`. Note that in this example, it wasn't necessary specify the positional
+z`. Note that in this example, it wasn't necessary to specify the positional
 matchers.
 
 As a convenience and example, gMock provides some matchers for 2-tuples,