diff --git a/docs/cleaning-up-old-backups/overview.md b/docs/cleaning-up-old-backups/overview.md
index 4ec863d3..183eef56 100644
--- a/docs/cleaning-up-old-backups/overview.md
+++ b/docs/cleaning-up-old-backups/overview.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ This portion of the configuration determines which backups should be deleted.
          * be kept and so on.
          *
          * No matter how you configure it the default strategy will never
-         * deleted the newest backup.
+         * delete the newest backup.
          */
         'strategy' => \Spatie\Backup\Tasks\Cleanup\Strategies\DefaultStrategy::class,