diff --git a/etc/README.rst b/etc/README.rst
index 710d93d643..eca7cfd5b9 100644
--- a/etc/README.rst
+++ b/etc/README.rst
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Heres the ``used_ips`` syntax
 
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-If you want to specify specific globally available options and do not want to place them in ``var_files`` or within the ``group_vars/all.yml`` file you can set them in a key = value par within the ``global_overrides`` hash.
+If you want to specify specific globally available options and do not want to place them in ``var_files`` or within the ``group_vars/all.yml`` file you can set them in a key = value pair within the ``global_overrides`` hash.
 
 Here's the ``global_overrides`` syntax