diff --git a/content/en/docs/concepts/services-networking/service.md b/content/en/docs/concepts/services-networking/service.md
index 58d9bb9a2d..a6dd80ba63 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/concepts/services-networking/service.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/concepts/services-networking/service.md
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ a new instance.
 The name of a Service object must be a valid
 [DNS label name](/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names#dns-label-names).
 
-For example, suppose you have a set of Pods that each listen on TCP port 9376
+For example, suppose you have a set of Pods that each listens on TCP port 9376
 and carry a label `app=MyApp`:
 
 ```yaml