diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt
index 1c4b5f5b7f71ec7047be7f02a369e8e27fc8710d..2c3b462f64b00531b4c8a7e5fc5cb6224dfc88d6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 
 DESCRIPTION
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-This command does assorted sanity tests, initially thru linked routines but
+This command does assorted sanity tests, initially through linked routines but
 also will look for a directory with more tests in the form of scripts.
 
 OPTIONS