diff --git a/src/libstd/io/mod.rs b/src/libstd/io/mod.rs
index 72a3a75d422..c9da279810b 100644
--- a/src/libstd/io/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/io/mod.rs
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ pub trait Write {
     /// any wrapped object.
     ///
     /// Calls to `write` are not guaranteed to block waiting for data to be
-    /// written, and a write which would otherwise block can indicated through
+    /// written, and a write which would otherwise block can be indicated through
     /// an `Err` variant.
     ///
     /// If the return value is `Ok(n)` then it must be guaranteed that