diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/assets/USAGE b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/assets/USAGE
index adebfd7e6f56fbec57878f780100602aac296d45..e219fdc7d735aae4e6026a79ca9dce2506a86908 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/assets/USAGE
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/assets/USAGE
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Description:
-    Stubs out a new asset placeholders. Pass the asset name, either CamelCased
+    Stubs out new asset placeholders. Pass the asset name, either CamelCased
     or under_scored.
 
     To create assets within a folder, specify the assets name as a