diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst
index 2a2b7dc279..bd9e7c20a6 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ comparison::
 
 generates a string of the entries in the :prop_tgt:`INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES` target
 property with each entry preceeded by ``-I``. Note that a more-complete use
-in this situation would be require first checking if the INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
+in this situation would require first checking if the INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
 property is non-empty::
 
   $<$<BOOL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>>:-I$<JOIN:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>, -I>>