diff --git a/samples/bpf/README.rst b/samples/bpf/README.rst
index 60c6494adb1b08bc1f244b559339f0caede13e33..6cfb74fb5ee68bd2795be164a8365b2817c755e0 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/README.rst
+++ b/samples/bpf/README.rst
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ user, simply call::
 
  make headers_install
 
-This will creates a local "usr/include" directory in the git/build top
-level directory, that the make system automatically pickup first.
+This will create a local "usr/include" directory in the git/build top
+level directory, that the make system will automatically pick up first.
 
 Compiling
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