diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 27e7e5edeca8b3fc7d38d334393f0fa1a3288eee..e9395dfc41903e5d657ec542710171f493b47563 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ You should always copy the appropriate subsystem maintainer(s) on any patch
 to code that they maintain; look through the MAINTAINERS file and the
 source code revision history to see who those maintainers are.  The
 script scripts/get_maintainer.pl can be very useful at this step.  If you
-cannot find a maintainer for the subsystem your are working on, Andrew
+cannot find a maintainer for the subsystem you are working on, Andrew
 Morton (akpm@linux-foundation.org) serves as a maintainer of last resort.
 
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