diff --git a/docs/deployment/docker.md b/docs/deployment/docker.md
index 5455babc6f..d35e7dd593 100644
--- a/docs/deployment/docker.md
+++ b/docs/deployment/docker.md
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ are stateless, so for a production deployment you will want to set up and
 connect to an external PostgreSQL instance where the backend plugins can store
 their state, rather than using SQLite.
 
-It is in this section assumed that an [app](https://backstage.io/docs/getting-started/create-an-app)
-has already been created with`@backstage/create-app`, in which the frontend is
+This section assumes that an [app](https://backstage.io/docs/getting-started/create-an-app)
+has already been created with `@backstage/create-app`, in which the frontend is
 bundled and served from the backend. This is done using the
 `@backstage/plugin-app-backend` plugin, which also injects the frontend
 configuration into the app. This means that you only need to build and deploy a