diff --git a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.rst b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.rst
index 65e032ead2..76c8e3dace 100644
--- a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.rst
+++ b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.rst
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Linux software stacks using a task-oriented approach.
 Conceptually, BitBake is similar to GNU Make in some regards but has
 significant differences:
 
--  BitBake executes tasks according to provided metadata that builds up
+-  BitBake executes tasks according to the provided metadata that builds up
    the tasks. Metadata is stored in recipe (``.bb``) and related recipe
    "append" (``.bbappend``) files, configuration (``.conf``) and
    underlying include (``.inc``) files, and in class (``.bbclass``)