diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
index 4b36d51beb..c19e64ea0e 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
@@ -1155,7 +1155,7 @@ Unspecified::
 
 String::
 
-	Specify a comma separate list of common whitespace problems to
+	Specify a comma separated list of common whitespace problems to
 	notice in the same format as the `core.whitespace` configuration
 	variable.