diff --git a/docs/reference/commandline/exec.md b/docs/reference/commandline/exec.md
index fc94bbecce..ccc0b3f3d0 100644
--- a/docs/reference/commandline/exec.md
+++ b/docs/reference/commandline/exec.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ has a custom directory specified with the WORKDIR directive in its Dockerfile,
 this directory is used instead.
 
 COMMAND must be an executable. A chained or a quoted command does not work.
-For example, `docker exec -it my_container sh -c "echo a && echo b"` works,
+For example, `docker exec -it my_container sh -c "echo a && echo b"` does
 work, but `docker exec -it my_container "echo a && echo b"` does not.
 
 ## Examples