diff --git a/docs/reference/analysis/tokenfilters/synonym-tokenfilter.asciidoc b/docs/reference/analysis/tokenfilters/synonym-tokenfilter.asciidoc
index 0b9b39fecd2..3c0e967afc4 100644
--- a/docs/reference/analysis/tokenfilters/synonym-tokenfilter.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/analysis/tokenfilters/synonym-tokenfilter.asciidoc
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ The above configures a `synonym` filter, with a path of
 `analysis/synonym.txt` (relative to the `config` location). The
 `synonym` analyzer is then configured with the filter.
 
-This filter tokenize synonyms with whatever tokenizer and token filters
+This filter tokenizes synonyms with whatever tokenizer and token filters
 appear before it in the chain.
 
 Additional settings are: