diff --git a/content/en/docs/tasks/debug-application-cluster/determine-reason-pod-failure.md b/content/en/docs/tasks/debug-application-cluster/determine-reason-pod-failure.md
index 44b4225fdc..9e90102523 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/tasks/debug-application-cluster/determine-reason-pod-failure.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/tasks/debug-application-cluster/determine-reason-pod-failure.md
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ only the termination message:
 ## Customizing the termination message
 
 Kubernetes retrieves termination messages from the termination message file
-specified in the `terminationMessagePath` field of a Container, which as a default
+specified in the `terminationMessagePath` field of a Container, which has a default
 value of `/dev/termination-log`. By customizing this field, you can tell Kubernetes
 to use a different file. Kubernetes use the contents from the specified file to
 populate the Container's status message on both success and failure.