diff --git a/docs/source/quickinstall.rst b/docs/source/quickinstall.rst
index e2010a7884..7906206db6 100644
--- a/docs/source/quickinstall.rst
+++ b/docs/source/quickinstall.rst
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ All OpenMC source code is hosted on `GitHub
 <https://github.com/openmc-dev/openmc>`_. If you have `git
 <https://git-scm.com>`_, the `gcc <https://gcc.gnu.org/>`_ compiler suite,
 `CMake <http://www.cmake.org>`_, and `HDF5 <https://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/>`_
-installed, you can download and install OpenMC be entering the following
+installed, you can download and install OpenMC by entering the following
 commands in a terminal:
 
 .. code-block:: sh