diff --git a/content/en/docs/concepts/configuration/secret.md b/content/en/docs/concepts/configuration/secret.md
index 111a405a7a..40f76c18b8 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/concepts/configuration/secret.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/concepts/configuration/secret.md
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ kubectl create secret tls my-tls-secret \
   --key=path/to/key/file
 ```
 
-The public/private key pair must exist before hand. The public key certificate
+The public/private key pair must exist beforehand. The public key certificate
 for `--cert` must be .PEM encoded (Base64-encoded DER format), and match the
 given private key for `--key`.
 The private key must be in what is commonly called PEM private key format,