diff --git a/doc/ractor.md b/doc/ractor.md
index 7867ca3f97..23b28aea6d 100644
--- a/doc/ractor.md
+++ b/doc/ractor.md
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ Error in the given block will be propagated to the receiver of an outgoing messa
 
 ```ruby
 r = Ractor.new do
-  raise 'ok' # exception will be transferred receiver
+  raise 'ok' # exception will be transferred to the receiver
 end
 
 begin