diff --git a/doc/getstarted/build_and_install/build_from_source_en.md b/doc/getstarted/build_and_install/build_from_source_en.md
index 3441ebf222004e8f75ea21fee19f52628b82a06f..5db871d59ae83666263d03a6ea3b504d323293ee 100644
--- a/doc/getstarted/build_and_install/build_from_source_en.md
+++ b/doc/getstarted/build_and_install/build_from_source_en.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ cd paddle
 git submodule update --init --recursive
 ```
 
-If you already have a local PaddlePaddle repo and have not initialized the submodule, your local submodule folder will be empty. You can simply run the last line of the above codes in your PaddlePaddle home directory to initialze your submodule folder.
+If you already have a local PaddlePaddle repo and have not initialized the submodule, your local submodule folder will be empty. You can simply run the last line of the above codes in your PaddlePaddle home directory to initialize your submodule folder.
 
 If you have already initialized your submodule and you would like to sync with the upstream submodule repo, you can run the following command
 ```