diff --git a/docsite/rst/intro_configuration.rst b/docsite/rst/intro_configuration.rst
index 2cf70aa0ed..5eb1351f5a 100644
--- a/docsite/rst/intro_configuration.rst
+++ b/docsite/rst/intro_configuration.rst
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ The default value indicates that Ansible is managing a file::
 This string can be helpful to indicate that a file should not
 be directly edited because Ansible may overwrite the contents of the file.
 
-There are several special placeholder values that be placed in the ``ansible_managed`` string to act as macros.  These are not in the default ``ansible_managed`` string because they can cause Ansible to behave as though the
+There are several special placeholder values that can be placed in the ``ansible_managed`` string.  These are not in the default ``ansible_managed`` string because they can cause Ansible to behave as though the
 entire template has changed when only the ansible_managed string which has
 changed.