diff --git a/Documentation/sound/kernel-api/writing-an-alsa-driver.rst b/Documentation/sound/kernel-api/writing-an-alsa-driver.rst
index 01d59b8aea926..6da9c887a48b8 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/kernel-api/writing-an-alsa-driver.rst
+++ b/Documentation/sound/kernel-api/writing-an-alsa-driver.rst
@@ -3368,7 +3368,7 @@ This ensures that the device can be closed and the driver unloaded
 without losing data.
 
 This callback is optional. If you do not set ``drain`` in the struct
-snd_rawmidi_ops structure, ALSA will simply wait for 50 milliseconds
+snd_rawmidi_ops structure, ALSA will simply wait for 50 milliseconds
 instead.
 
 Miscellaneous Devices