diff --git a/content/en/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/certificate-signing-requests.md b/content/en/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/certificate-signing-requests.md
index 5f4fc41541..1c35be0708 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/certificate-signing-requests.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/certificate-signing-requests.md
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ openssl req -new -key john.key -out john.csr
 
 ### Create Certificate Request Kubernetes Object
 
-You then need to create a CertificateSigningRequest and submit it to Kubernetes Cluster via kubectl. Below is script to generate one.
+Create a CertificateSigningRequest and submit it to Kubernetes Cluster via kubectl. Below is script to generate one.
 
 ```
 cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -