diff --git a/hadoop-project-dist/README.txt b/hadoop-project-dist/README.txt
index a4c759720fb..922c94aadb3 100644
--- a/hadoop-project-dist/README.txt
+++ b/hadoop-project-dist/README.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 DUMMY.
 
 Required for the assembly:single goal not to fail because there
-are not files in the hadoop-project-dist module.
+are no files in the hadoop-project-dist module.