diff --git a/docs/testing.txt b/docs/testing.txt
index 31cea791d3..b9750efbdb 100644
--- a/docs/testing.txt
+++ b/docs/testing.txt
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ for testing purposes:
     ``status_code``  The HTTP status of the response. See RFC2616_ for a
                      full list of HTTP status codes.
 
-    ``content``      The body of the response. The is the final page
+    ``content``      The body of the response. This is the final page
                      content as rendered by the view, or any error message
                      (such as the URL for a 302 redirect).