diff --git a/src/the-parser.md b/src/the-parser.md
index 8b8ef77c..c84ac4ea 100644
--- a/src/the-parser.md
+++ b/src/the-parser.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ macro-expansion).
 
 The parser is defined in [`librustc_parse`][librustc_parse], along with a
 high-level interface to the lexer and some validation routines that run after
-macro expansion. In particular, the [`rustc_parser::parser`][parser] contains
+macro expansion. In particular, the [`rustc_parse::parser`][parser] contains
 the parser implementation.
 
 The main entrypoint to the parser is via the various `parse_*` functions in the