diff --git a/docs/reference/search/suggesters/phrase-suggest.asciidoc b/docs/reference/search/suggesters/phrase-suggest.asciidoc
index 20ec442a4e4..c191e6bf129 100644
--- a/docs/reference/search/suggesters/phrase-suggest.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/search/suggesters/phrase-suggest.asciidoc
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ can contain misspellings (See parameter descriptions below).
 
 `real_word_error_likelihood`:: 
     the likelihood of a term being a
-    misspelled even if the term exists in the dictionary. The default it
-    `0.95` corresponding to 5% or the real words are misspelled.
+    misspelled even if the term exists in the dictionary. The default is
+    `0.95` corresponding to 5% of the real words are misspelled.
 
 
 `confidence`::