diff --git a/prologue/why.xml b/prologue/why.xml
index e4ea59a5d..b86f2b151 100644
--- a/prologue/why.xml
+++ b/prologue/why.xml
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@
       <listitem>
         <para>Systemd</para>
 
-        <para>This package provides and <application>init</application> program
+        <para>This package provides an <application>init</application> program
         and several additional boot and system control capabilites as an
         alternative to Sysvinit. It is used by many Linux distributions.</para>
       </listitem>