diff --git a/reference/mysqli/mysqli_stmt/error.xml b/reference/mysqli/mysqli_stmt/error.xml
index b0b2bd4254..d16969a8f7 100644
--- a/reference/mysqli/mysqli_stmt/error.xml
+++ b/reference/mysqli/mysqli_stmt/error.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
    <methodparam><type>mysqli_stmt</type><parameter>stmt</parameter></methodparam>
   </methodsynopsis>
   <para>
-   Returns a containing the error message for the most recently invoked
+   Returns a string containing the error message for the most recently invoked
    statement function that can succeed or fail.
   </para>
  </refsect1>