diff --git a/docs/src/developing/programming-model/runtime.md b/docs/src/developing/programming-model/runtime.md
index 1ec9be6859..ee23df0b3e 100644
--- a/docs/src/developing/programming-model/runtime.md
+++ b/docs/src/developing/programming-model/runtime.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ The policy is as follows:
   - And if the account is writable.
   - And if the account is not executable.
 - Executable is one-way (false->true) and only the account owner may set it.
-- No one modification to the rent_epoch associated with this account.
+- No one can make modifications to the rent_epoch associated with this account.
 
 ## Compute Budget