diff --git a/docs/getting-started.md b/docs/getting-started.md
index 03386784c..cde6d551b 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started.md
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ Additionally, for GitHub, the number of stars and forks is shown.
     edit button will appear at the top of every article. This is the automatic
     behavior that MkDocs implements. See the [MkDocs documentation][15] on more
     guidance regarding the `edit_uri` attribute, which defines whether the edit
-    button is show or not.
+    button is shown or not.
 
   [15]: http://www.mkdocs.org/user-guide/configuration/#edit_uri