diff --git a/doc/issue_tracker.txt b/doc/issue_tracker.txt
index 3d2d02c4c27f38abf7a5a1b7f02710fa8c2042a9..bae9f87d321edbec19ff02e265dfeb98bac6ce66 100644
--- a/doc/issue_tracker.txt
+++ b/doc/issue_tracker.txt
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ Type/Status/Substatus:
     Bugs, patches or feature requests which are duplicates.
     Note that patches dealing with the same thing in a different way are not
     duplicates.
-    Note, if you mark something as duplicate dont forget setting the
-    superseder so bugreports are properly linked
+    Note, if you mark something as duplicate, do not forget setting the
+    superseder so bug reports are properly linked.
 
 */closed/invalid
     Bugs caused by user errors, random ineligible or otherwise nonsense stuff.