diff --git a/docs/directives/need.rst b/docs/directives/need.rst
index e662d88c2..cc35dbda5 100644
--- a/docs/directives/need.rst
+++ b/docs/directives/need.rst
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ but you must set a title as an argument (i.e. if you do not specify :ref:`needs_
 
 Diagram support
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-A need objects can also define it's own PlantUML representation.
+A need objects can also define its own PlantUML representation.
 Therefore Sphinx-Needs looks for the :ref:`needuml` directive inside the content
 and stores its PlantUML code under given key from :ref:`needuml` directive under the option name ``arch``.