diff --git a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst
index 9580f31d12..e912918aaf 100644
--- a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst
+++ b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ Regardless of the type of function, you can only define them in class
 Shell Functions
 ---------------
 
-Functions written in shell script and executed either directly as
+Functions written in shell script are executed either directly as
 functions, tasks, or both. They can also be called by other shell
 functions. Here is an example shell function definition::