diff --git a/Documentation/btrfs-check.asciidoc b/Documentation/btrfs-check.asciidoc
index fddaad1c0a..4ac1edfc4d 100644
--- a/Documentation/btrfs-check.asciidoc
+++ b/Documentation/btrfs-check.asciidoc
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ This can be combined with '--super' if some of the superblocks are damaged.
 --check-data-csum::
 verify checksums of data blocks
 +
-This expects that the filesystem is otherwise OK, and is basically and offline
-'scrub' but does not repair data from spare copies.
+This expects that the filesystem is otherwise OK, and is basically an offline
+'scrub' that does not repair data from spare copies.
 
 --chunk-root <bytenr>::
 use the given offset 'bytenr' for the chunk tree root