diff --git a/en/application-dev/background-task-management/background-task-dev-guide.md b/en/application-dev/background-task-management/background-task-dev-guide.md
index e850bc7cdb79af866c7eab9a94c9a71425a69371..aeab15fa9cc2ab9831147299d0c6b2ed803e88ca 100644
--- a/en/application-dev/background-task-management/background-task-dev-guide.md
+++ b/en/application-dev/background-task-management/background-task-dev-guide.md
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ import backgroundTaskManager from '@ohos.backgroundTaskManager';
 ```
 import backgroundTaskManager from '@ohos.backgroundTaskManager';
 let myReason = 'test requestSuspendDelay';
-// Request suspension delay.
+// Request a suspension delay.
 let delayInfo = backgroundTaskManager.requestSuspendDelay(myReason, () => {
     console.info("Request suspension delay will time out.");
 });