diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/write-out.md b/docs/cmdline-opts/write-out.md
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--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/write-out.md
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/write-out.md
@@ -368,8 +368,8 @@ performed using the same connection cache.
 
 TIME OUTPUT FORMAT
 
-To show time with `%time{}` the characters within `{}` creates a special
-format string that may contain special character sequences called conversion
+To show time with `%time{}` the characters within `{}` create a special format
+string that may contain special character sequences called conversion
 specifications. Each conversion specification starts with `%` and is followed
 by a character that instructs curl to output a particular time detail. All
 other characters used are displayed as-is.