diff --git a/docs/reference/sql/overview.asciidoc b/docs/reference/sql/overview.asciidoc
index a72f5ca61fe..3da070a447a 100644
--- a/docs/reference/sql/overview.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/sql/overview.asciidoc
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ No need for additional hardware, processes, runtimes or libraries to query {es};
 
 Lightweight and efficient::
 
-{es-sql} does not abstract {es} and its search capabilities - on the contrary, it embrases and exposes to SQL to allow proper full-text search, in real-time, in the same declarative, succint fashion.
+{es-sql} does not abstract {es} and its search capabilities - on the contrary, it embraces and exposes SQL to allow proper full-text search, in real-time, in the same declarative, succint fashion.