diff --git a/aip/auth/4111.md b/aip/auth/4111.md
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--- a/aip/auth/4111.md
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ credentials][2]. To understand the overall flow, please read [AIP-4110][2].
 
 ### Scope vs. Audience
 
-In the past, the self-signed JWT is only applicable with `audience`. Recently,
+In the past, the self-signed JWT was only applicable with `audience`. Recently,
 the usage of the "scope" claim in self-signed JWTs is now allowed in the Google
 Cloud auth ecosystem, which makes the self-signed JWT usable with both audience
 and scope. However, caller **must** not specify scope and audience at the same