diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index 07002b20..f7de6362 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -16705,7 +16705,7 @@ address@hidden@address@hidden
 @pindex address@hidden file format}
 
 The @file{DESC} file can contain the following types of line.  Except
-for the @code{charset} keyword, which must comes last (if at all), the
+for the @code{charset} keyword, which must come last (if at all), the
 order of the lines is not important.  Later entries in the file,
 however, override previous values.