diff --git a/docs/src/design.rst b/docs/src/design.rst
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--- a/docs/src/design.rst
+++ b/docs/src/design.rst
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ so the current approach is to run blocking file I/O operations in a thread pool.
 For a thorough explanation of the cross-platform file I/O landscape, checkout
 `this post <http://blog.libtorrent.org/2012/10/asynchronous-disk-io/>`_.
 
-libuv currently uses a global thread pool on which all loops can queue work on. 3 types of
+libuv currently uses a global thread pool on which all loops can queue work. 3 types of
 operations are currently run on this pool:
 
     * File system operations