diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index f25dc1956..d1f5d3428 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ If ``letsencrypt`` is packaged for your OS, you can install it from there, and
 run it by typing ``letsencrypt``.  Because not all operating systems have
 packages yet, we provide a temporary solution via the ``letsencrypt-auto``
 wrapper script, which obtains some dependencies from your OS and puts others
-in an python virtual environment::
+in a python virtual environment::
 
   user@webserver:~$ git clone https://github.com/letsencrypt/letsencrypt
   user@webserver:~$ cd letsencrypt