diff --git a/reference/openssl/constants.xml b/reference/openssl/constants.xml
index 86589e73b9..22b7c54761 100644
--- a/reference/openssl/constants.xml
+++ b/reference/openssl/constants.xml
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@
   </variablelist>
   <note>
    <para>
-    This constant were added in 5.3.2 and requires PHP to be 
+    This constant was added in 5.3.2 and requires PHP to be 
     built with OpenSSL 0.9.8j or greater.
    </para>
   </note>