diff --git a/docs/reference/commandline/exec.md b/docs/reference/commandline/exec.md
index 5faa49e067..63635b2f40 100644
--- a/docs/reference/commandline/exec.md
+++ b/docs/reference/commandline/exec.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ The command started using `docker exec` only runs while the container's primary
 process (`PID 1`) is running, and it is not restarted if the container is
 restarted.
 
-COMMAND will run in the default directory of the container. It the
+COMMAND will run in the default directory of the container. If the
 underlying image has a custom directory specified with the WORKDIR directive
 in its Dockerfile, this will be used instead.