diff --git a/doc/man/polybar.5.rst b/doc/man/polybar.5.rst
index a02a134b..1f139a71 100644
--- a/doc/man/polybar.5.rst
+++ b/doc/man/polybar.5.rst
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ not affect polybar's behavior. Comment lines start with either the ``;`` or the
 .. note::
 
   Inline comments are not supported. For example the following line does not end
-  with a comment, they value of ``name`` is actually set to ``value ; comment``:
+  with a comment, the value of ``name`` is actually set to ``value ; comment``:
 
   ::