diff --git a/docs/database/getting-started.mdx b/docs/database/getting-started.mdx
index 12c6aebf2..0daed75c1 100644
--- a/docs/database/getting-started.mdx
+++ b/docs/database/getting-started.mdx
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ If you want to keep your __client__ certificates in your own location, you can s
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-You can define these SSL-related options in the top-level configuration, they will be copied to the `options` option hash during configuration parsing. The top-level configuration takes precedence and overwrites the options in the `options` hash.
+You can define these SSL-related options in the top-level configuration, they will be copied to the `options` option hash during a configuration parsing. The top-level configuration takes precedence and overwrites the options in the `options` hash.
 
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