diff --git a/doc/manual/source/command-ref/nix-collect-garbage.md b/doc/manual/source/command-ref/nix-collect-garbage.md
index 2136d28e9..bd05f2816 100644
--- a/doc/manual/source/command-ref/nix-collect-garbage.md
+++ b/doc/manual/source/command-ref/nix-collect-garbage.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Instead, it looks in a few locations, and acts on all profiles it finds there:
    >
    > Not stable; subject to change
    >
-   > Do not rely on this functionality; it just exists for migration purposes and is may change in the future.
+   > Do not rely on this functionality; it just exists for migration purposes and may change in the future.
    > These deprecated paths remain a private implementation detail of Nix.
 
    `$NIX_STATE_DIR/profiles` and `$NIX_STATE_DIR/profiles/per-user`.