diff --git a/runtime/doc/repeat.txt b/runtime/doc/repeat.txt
index b4e9e79..921f120 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/repeat.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/repeat.txt
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
 			Don't use "ucs-2" or "ucs-4", scripts cannot be in
 			these encodings (they would contain NUL bytes).
 			When a sourced script starts with a BOM (Byte Order
-			Mark) in utf-8 format Vim will recognized it, no need
+			Mark) in utf-8 format Vim will recognize it, no need
 			to use ":scriptencoding utf-8" then.
 
 			When compiled without the |+multi_byte| feature this