diff --git a/doc/deployment-philosophy.rst b/doc/deployment-philosophy.rst
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@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ and would result in an inability of the project to execute its mission.
 Kolla's Solution to Customization
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-Rather then deal with the customization madness of templating configuration
+Rather than deal with the customization madness of templating configuration
 options in Kolla's Ansible playbooks, Kolla eliminates all the inefficiencies
 of existing deployment tools through a tidy simple design.