diff --git a/appendices/wrappers.xml b/appendices/wrappers.xml
index c82b241064..e99692bd31 100644
--- a/appendices/wrappers.xml
+++ b/appendices/wrappers.xml
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ X-MyCustomHeader: Foo
 
   <simpara>
    <filename>php://stdin</filename>, <filename>php://stdout</filename>
-   and <filename>php://stderr</filename> allow access to
+   and <filename>php://stderr</filename> allow direct access to
    the corresponding input or output stream of the PHP process.  The stream
    references a duplicate file descriptor, so if you open
    <filename>php://stdin</filename> and later close it, you close only your