diff --git a/reference/sqlite/functions/sqlite-query.xml b/reference/sqlite/functions/sqlite-query.xml
index 9ee10b4438..0e5023d066 100644
--- a/reference/sqlite/functions/sqlite-query.xml
+++ b/reference/sqlite/functions/sqlite-query.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.10 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.11 $ -->
 <refentry id="function.sqlite-query">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>sqlite_query</refname>
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
    </simpara>
    <simpara>
     When executing multiple queries, the return value of this function
-    will be &false; if the was an error, but undefined otherwise (it might
+    will be &false; if there was an error, but undefined otherwise (it might
     be &true; for success or it might return a result handle).
    </simpara>
   </warning>