diff --git a/regex-syntax/README.md b/regex-syntax/README.md
index 9e1ab6174..592f84268 100644
--- a/regex-syntax/README.md
+++ b/regex-syntax/README.md
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ for extreme optimization, and therefore, use of `unsafe`.
 
 The standard for using `unsafe` in this crate is extremely high because this
 crate is intended to be reasonably safe to use with user supplied regular
-expressions. Therefore, while their may be bugs in the regex parser itself,
+expressions. Therefore, while there may be bugs in the regex parser itself,
 they should _never_ result in memory unsafety unless there is either a bug
 in the compiler or the standard library. (Since `regex-syntax` has zero
 dependencies.)