diff --git a/develop/develop-images/dockerfile_best-practices.md b/develop/develop-images/dockerfile_best-practices.md
index c020cdcaa0..6beacdc26b 100644
--- a/develop/develop-images/dockerfile_best-practices.md
+++ b/develop/develop-images/dockerfile_best-practices.md
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ cd example
 # create an example file
 touch somefile.txt
 
-# build and image using the current directory as context, and a Dockerfile passed through stdin
+# build an image using the current directory as context, and a Dockerfile passed through stdin
 docker build -t myimage:latest -f- . <<EOF
 FROM busybox
 COPY somefile.txt .