diff --git a/docs/reference/mapping/removal_of_types.asciidoc b/docs/reference/mapping/removal_of_types.asciidoc
index e47d130aa3ac6..006bc789f3084 100644
--- a/docs/reference/mapping/removal_of_types.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/mapping/removal_of_types.asciidoc
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ larger number of primary shards for `tweets`.
 ==== Custom type field
 
 Of course, there is a limit to how many primary shards can exist in a cluster
-so you many not want to waste an entire shard for a collection of only a few
+so you may not want to waste an entire shard for a collection of only a few
 thousand documents.  In this case, you can implement your own custom `type`
 field which will work in a similar way to the old `_type`.