diff --git a/runtime/doc/change.txt b/runtime/doc/change.txt
index ea5a493..96a9c8b 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/change.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/change.txt
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@
 made for the delete operator with these movement commands: |%|, |(|, |)|, |`|,
 |/|, |?|, |n|, |N|, |{| and |}|.  Register "1 is always used then (this is Vi
 compatible).  The "- register is used as well if the delete is within a line.
-Note that these character may be mapped.  E.g. |%| is mapped by the matchit
+Note that these characters may be mapped.  E.g. |%| is mapped by the matchit
 plugin.
    With each successive deletion or change, Vim shifts the previous contents
 of register 1 into register 2, 2 into 3, and so forth, losing the previous