diff --git a/doc/api/stream.md b/doc/api/stream.md
index 6638a8f6533a..496267c44cce 100644
--- a/doc/api/stream.md
+++ b/doc/api/stream.md
@@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@ implement streams using JavaScript's prototypal inheritance model.
 
 First, a stream developer would declare a new JavaScript class that extends one
 of the four basic stream classes (`stream.Writable`, `stream.Readable`,
-`stream.Duplex`, or `stream.Transform`), making sure the call the appropriate
+`stream.Duplex`, or `stream.Transform`), making sure they call the appropriate
 parent class constructor:
 
 ```js