diff --git a/doc/manual/modules.rst b/doc/manual/modules.rst
index e8f8ca26462a8..2a34c201f18c3 100644
--- a/doc/manual/modules.rst
+++ b/doc/manual/modules.rst
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ prevent name conflicts for globals initialized after load time.
 Module initialization and precompilation
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-Large modules can take several second to load because executing all of
+Large modules can take several seconds to load because executing all of
 the statements in a module often involves compiling a large amount of code.
 Julia provides the ability to create precompiled versions of modules
 to reduce this time.