diff --git a/src/destructors.md b/src/destructors.md
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--- a/src/destructors.md
+++ b/src/destructors.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ r[destructors]
 
 r[destructors.intro]
 When an [initialized] [variable] or [temporary] goes out of
-[scope](#drop-scopes), its *destructor* is run, or it is *dropped*. [Assignment]
+[scope](#drop-scopes), its *destructor* is run or it is *dropped*. [Assignment]
 also runs the destructor of its left-hand operand, if it's initialized. If a
 variable has been partially initialized, only its initialized fields are
 dropped.