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diff --git a/latest/usage/administration/admin_api/background_updates.html b/latest/usage/administration/admin_api/background_updates.html
index f81a7c0564..2aab4bfefe 100644
--- a/latest/usage/administration/admin_api/background_updates.html
+++ b/latest/usage/administration/admin_api/background_updates.html
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ run against the database.</p>
 <code>total_duration_ms</code> how long the background process has been running, not including time spent sleeping.
 <code>average_items_per_ms</code> how many items are processed per millisecond based on an exponential average.</p>
 <h2 id="enabled"><a class="header" href="#enabled">Enabled</a></h2>
-<p>This API allow pausing background updates.</p>
+<p>This API allows pausing background updates.</p>
 <p>Background updates should <em>not</em> be paused for significant periods of time, as
 this can affect the performance of Synapse.</p>
 <p><em>Note</em>: This won't persist over restarts.</p>