diff --git a/doc/bashref.texi b/doc/bashref.texi
index 74974a57..c1cdcf3a 100644
--- a/doc/bashref.texi
+++ b/doc/bashref.texi
@@ -6106,7 +6106,7 @@ Bash reports such changes immediately (@pxref{The Set Builtin}).
 Any trap on @code{SIGCHLD} is executed for each child process
 that exits.
 
-If an attempt to exit Bash is while jobs are stopped, the
+If an attempt to exit Bash is made while jobs are stopped, the
 shell prints a message warning that there are stopped jobs.
 The @code{jobs} command may then be used to inspect their status.
 If a second attempt to exit is made without an intervening command,