diff --git a/doc/ci/merge_request_pipelines/index.md b/doc/ci/merge_request_pipelines/index.md
index 465ecedff32..b7b5c660586 100644
--- a/doc/ci/merge_request_pipelines/index.md
+++ b/doc/ci/merge_request_pipelines/index.md
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ The same tag is shown on the pipeline's details:
 The behavior of the `only: merge_requests` rule is such that _only_ jobs with
 that rule are run in the context of a merge request; no other jobs will be run.
 
-However, you may what to reverse this behaviour, having all of your jobs to run _except_
+However, you may want to reverse this behaviour, having all of your jobs to run _except_
 for one or two. Consider the following pipeline, with jobs `A`, `B`, and `C`. If you want
 all pipelines to always run `A` and `B`, but only want `C` to run for a merge request,
 you can configure your `.gitlab-ci.yml` file as follows:
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ A:
   <<: *only-default
   script:
     - ...
- 
+
 B:
   <<: *only-default
   script: