diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/flatpages.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/flatpages.txt
index 35eb4f9bc9..ae195ed876 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/flatpages.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/flatpages.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Django comes with an optional "flatpages" application. It lets you store "flat"
 HTML content in a database and handles the management for you via Django's
 admin interface and a Python API.
 
-A flatpage is a object with a URL, title and content. Use it for one-off,
+A flatpage is an object with a URL, title and content. Use it for one-off,
 special-case pages, such as "About" or "Privacy Policy" pages, that you want to
 store in a database but for which you don't want to develop a custom Django
 application.