diff --git a/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-beans.adoc b/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-beans.adoc
index eb64349f87f..3057a4177ab 100644
--- a/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-beans.adoc
+++ b/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-beans.adoc
@@ -2125,7 +2125,7 @@ startup, because it must satisfy the singleton's dependencies. The lazy-initiali
 is injected into a singleton bean elsewhere that is not lazy-initialized.
 
 You can also control lazy-initialization at the container level by using the
-`default-lazy-init` attribute on the `<beans/>` element, a the following example shows:
+`default-lazy-init` attribute on the `<beans/>` element, as the following example shows:
 
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