diff --git a/language/java/run-containers.md b/language/java/run-containers.md
index f102375c66..baf210f8f7 100644
--- a/language/java/run-containers.md
+++ b/language/java/run-containers.md
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ $ docker stop trusting_beaver
 trusting_beaver
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-Now that our container is stopped, let’s remove it. When you remove a container, the process inside the container will be stopped and the metadata for the container will been removed.
+Now that our container is stopped, let’s remove it. When you remove a container, the process inside the container will be stopped and the metadata for the container will be removed.
 
 To remove a container, simple run the `docker rm` command passing the container name. You can pass multiple container names to the command using a single command. Again, replace the container names in the following command with the container names from your system.