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diff --git a/docs/usage/administration/admin_api/background_updates.md b/docs/usage/administration/admin_api/background_updates.md

index 9f6ac7d567..7b75ee5587 100644
--- a/docs/usage/administration/admin_api/background_updates.md
+++ b/docs/usage/administration/admin_api/background_updates.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ For each update:
 
 ## Enabled
 
-This API allow pausing background updates.
+This API allows pausing background updates.
 
 Background updates should *not* be paused for significant periods of time, as
 this can affect the performance of Synapse.