diff --git a/doc/api/crypto.md b/doc/api/crypto.md
index 19e46b89ac83a8..155f4d5a7cc982 100644
--- a/doc/api/crypto.md
+++ b/doc/api/crypto.md
@@ -5574,7 +5574,7 @@ When passing strings to cryptographic APIs, consider the following factors.
 
 The Crypto module was added to Node.js before there was the concept of a
 unified Stream API, and before there were [`Buffer`][] objects for handling
-binary data. As such, the many of the `crypto` defined classes have methods not
+binary data. As such, many `crypto` classes have methods not
 typically found on other Node.js classes that implement the [streams][stream]
 API (e.g. `update()`, `final()`, or `digest()`). Also, many methods accepted
 and returned `'latin1'` encoded strings by default rather than `Buffer`s. This