diff --git a/doc/design.asciidoc b/doc/design.asciidoc
index 5ae633e8..e8c536ea 100644
--- a/doc/design.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/design.asciidoc
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ things easier to understand, bugs easier to fix, and code easier to change.
 Language agnostic
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-Kakoune should not be tailored for writing a specific programming
+Kakoune should not be tailored for writing in a specific programming
 language. Support for different languages should be provided by a kak script
 file, built-in language support should be avoided.