diff --git a/reference/spl/splfileobject/fscanf.xml b/reference/spl/splfileobject/fscanf.xml
index 035cd800ad..2e61bdd9ba 100644
--- a/reference/spl/splfileobject/fscanf.xml
+++ b/reference/spl/splfileobject/fscanf.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
  <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
   &reftitle.returnvalues;
   <para>
-   If only one parameter were passed to this method, the values parsed will be
+   If only one parameter is passed to this method, the values parsed will be
    returned as an array. Otherwise, if optional parameters are passed, the
    function will return the number of assigned values. The optional
    parameters must be passed by reference.