diff --git a/src/api/general.md b/src/api/general.md
index 53897b8108..507238b68b 100644
--- a/src/api/general.md
+++ b/src/api/general.md
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ A type helper for defining a Vue component with type inference.
 
   ### Note on webpack Treeshaking {#note-on-webpack-treeshaking}
 
-  Because `defineComponent()` is a function call, it could look like that it would produce side-effects to some build tools, e.g. webpack. This will prevent the component from being tree-shaken even when the component is never used.
+  Because `defineComponent()` is a function call, it could look like it would produce side-effects to some build tools, e.g. webpack. This will prevent the component from being tree-shaken even when the component is never used.
 
   To tell webpack that this function call is safe to be tree-shaken, you can add a `/*#__PURE__*/` comment notation before the function call: