diff --git a/chapter08/procps.xml b/chapter08/procps.xml
index d28ac7820..43a3ae375 100644
--- a/chapter08/procps.xml
+++ b/chapter08/procps.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ make check</userinput></screen>
          I'll make a report to upstream anyway.  -->
     <para>One test named <filename>FAIL: free with commit</filename>
     may fail if some applications with a custom memory allocator (for
-    example, JVM and Web browsers) is running on the host distro.</para>
+    example, JVM and Web browsers) are running on the host distro.</para>
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>