diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 4679c0bdbdd0..214179b067fb 100755
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ need JDK 1.8.
 	$ ./gradlew publishToMavenLocal
 ----
 
-This will build all of the jars and documentation and publish every to your local
+This will build all of the jars and documentation and publish them to your local
 Maven cache. It won't run any of the tests. If you want to build everything, use the
 `build` task: