diff --git a/pep-0374.txt b/pep-0374.txt
index c10c1af21..612595e0f 100644
--- a/pep-0374.txt
+++ b/pep-0374.txt
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ fix the socket bugs.
     # Edit some code
 
 Another approach uses the loom plugin. Looms can
-greatly simply working on dependent branches because they
+greatly simplify working on dependent branches because they
 automatically take care of the stacking dependencies for you.
 Imagine looms as a stack of dependent branches (called "threads" in
 loom parlance), with easy ways to move up and down the stack of