diff --git a/patterns/creational/prototype.py b/patterns/creational/prototype.py
index 690a6789..55af0dec 100644
--- a/patterns/creational/prototype.py
+++ b/patterns/creational/prototype.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 application. Instead of relying on subclasses it creates objects by
 copying a prototypical instance at run-time.
 
-This is useful as it make it easier to derive new kinds of objects,
+This is useful as it makes it easier to derive new kinds of objects,
 when instances of the class have only a few different combinations of
 state, and when instantiation is expensive.