diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst b/Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst
index 41d5855700cd..b2b14439be22 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ following tag ordering scheme:
      Changelog text starts here....
 
    so the authorship is preserved. The 'From:' line has to be followed
-   by a empty newline. If that 'From:' line is missing, then the patch
+   by an empty newline. If that 'From:' line is missing, then the patch
    would be attributed to the person who sent (transported, handled) it.
    The 'From:' line is automatically removed when the patch is applied
    and does not show up in the final git changelog. It merely affects