diff --git a/docs/admin/master-node-communication.md b/docs/admin/master-node-communication.md
index 91ecff7ef9..d654fd5173 100644
--- a/docs/admin/master-node-communication.md
+++ b/docs/admin/master-node-communication.md
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ HTTP connections and are therefore neither authenticated nor encrypted. They
 can be run over a secure HTTPS connection by prefixing `https:` to the node,
 pod, or service name in the API URL, but they will not validate the certificate
 provided by the HTTPS endpoint nor provide client credentials so while the
-connection will by encrypted, it will not provide any guarantees of integrity.
+connection will be encrypted, it will not provide any guarantees of integrity.
 These connections **are not currently safe** to run over untrusted and/or
 public networks.