diff --git a/src/core/wee-doc.c b/src/core/wee-doc.c
index a3814db03..0772d7b7a 100644
--- a/src/core/wee-doc.c
+++ b/src/core/wee-doc.c
@@ -1702,7 +1702,7 @@ doc_generate (const char *path)
                 }
                 string_fprintf (
                     stderr,
-                    "doc generator: you can turn this error as a warning "
+                    "doc generator: you can turn this error into a warning "
                     "with the cmake option ENABLE_DOC_WARN_LOCALE\n");
                 goto end;
             }