diff --git a/engine/swarm/services.md b/engine/swarm/services.md
index 6eaf92ec44..5d94168e07 100644
--- a/engine/swarm/services.md
+++ b/engine/swarm/services.md
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ $ docker service create \
 For more information on how to create a volume, see the `volume create` [CLI reference](../reference/commandline/volume_create.md).
 
 The following method creates the volume at deployment time when the scheduler
-dispatches a task, just before the starting the container:
+dispatches a task, just before starting the container:
 
 ```bash
 $ docker service create \