diff --git a/content/en/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/safely-drain-node.md b/content/en/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/safely-drain-node.md
index 74d1694b08..6dc5cf93c0 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/safely-drain-node.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/safely-drain-node.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ configure a [PodDisruptionBudget](/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/disruptions/).
 
 If availability is important for any applications that run or could run on the node(s)
 that you are draining, [configure a PodDisruptionBudgets](/docs/tasks/run-application/configure-pdb/)
-first and the continue following this guide.
+first and then continue following this guide.
 
 ## Use `kubectl drain` to remove a node from service