diff --git a/base/sysinfo.jl b/base/sysinfo.jl
index 08a11301d2867b..8a75ceb8516964 100644
--- a/base/sysinfo.jl
+++ b/base/sysinfo.jl
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ end
 """
     Sys.windows_version()
 
-Returns the version number for the Windows NT Kernel as a `VersionNumber`,
+Return the version number for the Windows NT Kernel as a `VersionNumber`,
 i.e. `v"major.minor.build"`, or `v"0.0.0"` if this is not running on Windows.
 """
 windows_version