diff --git a/docs/source/futures.rst b/docs/source/futures.rst
index 97b843a6881..bbaadc33d88 100644
--- a/docs/source/futures.rst
+++ b/docs/source/futures.rst
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ part of a function:
 Submit task and retrieve results from a different process
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-Sometimes a we care about retrieving a result but not necessarily from the same process.
+Sometimes we care about retrieving a result but not necessarily from the same process.
 
 .. code-block:: python