diff --git a/tconfpy.3 b/tconfpy.3
index 80b2565..f910a82 100644
--- a/tconfpy.3
+++ b/tconfpy.3
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@
 variable creation.  \*(TC processes the configuration file on a
 line-by-line basis.  No line "continuation" is supported.  For really
 long variable values and ease of maintenance, it is sometimes helpful
-to create "intermediate" variables what hold temporary values used to
+to create "intermediate" variables that hold temporary values used to
 construct a variable actually needed by the calling program.  For
 example: