diff --git a/src/doc/trpl/ownership.md b/src/doc/trpl/ownership.md
index d8ef44b782a..17b263ef00a 100644
--- a/src/doc/trpl/ownership.md
+++ b/src/doc/trpl/ownership.md
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ fn change_truth(x: bool) -> bool {
 }
 ```
 
-If we would have used types that do not implement the `Copy` trait,
+If we had used types that do not implement the `Copy` trait,
 we would have gotten a compile error because we tried to use a moved value.
 
 ```text