diff --git a/docs/docs/plugin-authoring.md b/docs/docs/plugin-authoring.md
index 5d9612a3aef4c..5996072c30055 100644
--- a/docs/docs/plugin-authoring.md
+++ b/docs/docs/plugin-authoring.md
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ plugins
 
 **NOTE:** You still need to add the plugin to your `gatsby-config.js`. There is no auto-detection of local plugins.
 
-**NOTE:** For the plugin to be discovered, the plugin's root folder name is the value that needs to be referenced in order to load it (_not_ it's _name_ in it's package.json file). For example, in the above structure, the correct way to load the plugin is:
+**NOTE:** For the plugin to be discovered, the plugin's root folder name is the value that needs to be referenced in order to load it (_not_ its _name_ in its package.json file). For example, in the above structure, the correct way to load the plugin is:
 
 ```javascript
 module.exports = {