diff --git a/content/en/docs/collector/getting-started.md b/content/en/docs/collector/getting-started.md
index a9fdd35098af..b809bba59736 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/collector/getting-started.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/collector/getting-started.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ To follow this tutorial you need the following
    telemetrygen traces --otlp-insecure --duration 5s
    ```
 
-   After five seconds, `telemetrygen` stops and shows the sended messages in the
+   After five seconds, `telemetrygen` stops and shows the sent messages in the
    console:
 
    ```text