diff --git a/docs/code_reviews.md b/docs/code_reviews.md
index fb307e233d28dc..6efe906166b90c 100644
--- a/docs/code_reviews.md
+++ b/docs/code_reviews.md
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ A `*` indicates that all committers are owners:
 *
 ```
 
-The text `set noparent` it will stop owner propagation from parent directories.
+The text `set noparent` will stop owner propagation from parent directories.
 This is used for specialized code. In this example, only the two listed people
 are owners:
 ```