diff --git a/docs/features/software-catalog/descriptor-format.md b/docs/features/software-catalog/descriptor-format.md
index 2357d62836..a6bd4cd0a6 100644
--- a/docs/features/software-catalog/descriptor-format.md
+++ b/docs/features/software-catalog/descriptor-format.md
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ Fields of a link are:
 
 _NOTE_: The `icon` field value is meant to be a semantic key that will map to a
 specific icon that may be provided by an icon library (e.g. `material-ui`
-icons). These keys should a sequence of `[a-z0-9A-Z]` and possibly separated by
+icons). These keys should be a sequence of `[a-z0-9A-Z]`, possibly separated by
 one of `[-_.]`. Backstage may support some basic icons out of the box, but the
 backstage integrator will ultimately be left to provide the appropriate icon
 component mappings. A generic fallback icon would be provided if a mapping