diff --git a/docs/howto/initial-data.txt b/docs/howto/initial-data.txt
index c38c9d4014..b005c01b06 100644
--- a/docs/howto/initial-data.txt
+++ b/docs/howto/initial-data.txt
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ Loading data is easy: just call :djadmin:`manage.py loaddata fixturename
 <loaddata>`, where *fixturename* is the name of the fixture file you've created.
 Every time you run :djadmin:`loaddata` the data will be read from the fixture
 and re-loaded into the database. Note that this means that if you change one of
-the rows created by a fixture and the run :djadmin:`loaddata` again you'll wipe
-out any changes you've made.
+the rows created by a fixture and then run :djadmin:`loaddata` again you'll
+wipe out any changes you've made.
 
 Automatically loading initial data fixtures
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