diff --git a/src/subs-n-sigs.pod b/src/subs-n-sigs.pod
index b6a91cb..128f1ae 100644
--- a/src/subs-n-sigs.pod
+++ b/src/subs-n-sigs.pod
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ variables in your signature are read-only references to the
passed arguments.
You cannot modify them passed-in values within the subroutine.
If read-only binding is too limiting, you have two different ways to relax this
-restriction. A parameter marked C<is rw> means that you are can modify the
+restriction. A parameter marked C<is rw> means that you can modify the
passed argument within the subroutine. Any modification modifies the original
in place. If you attempt to pass a literal or some other constant value for an
C<rw> parameter, the binding will fail at the point of the call, with an
