diff --git a/railties/guides/source/getting_started.textile b/railties/guides/source/getting_started.textile
index 6e9613cdae..e17b1ee1ee 100644
--- a/railties/guides/source/getting_started.textile
+++ b/railties/guides/source/getting_started.textile
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ The Rails philosophy includes several guiding principles:
 * Convention Over Configuration - means that Rails makes assumptions about what you want to do and how you're going to
 d o it, rather than requiring you to specify every little thing through endless configuration files.
 * REST is the best pattern for web applications - organizing your application around resources and standard HTTP verbs
-i s the fastest way to go.
+is the fastest way to go.
 
 h4. The MVC Architecture