diff --git a/plugins/badges-backend/README.md b/plugins/badges-backend/README.md
index 4f2f1ef96c..63e43c6692 100644
--- a/plugins/badges-backend/README.md
+++ b/plugins/badges-backend/README.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ further down for an example of a custom badge factories function.
 Finally, you have to make the following changes in `src/index.ts`:
 
 ```ts
-// 1. importing the plugin
+// 1. import the plugin
 import badges from './plugins/badges';
 
 ...