diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Bend is powered by the [HVM2](https://github.com/higherorderco/hvm) runtime.
 
 #### On Linux
 ```sh
-# Install Rust if you haven't it already.
+# Install Rust if you haven't already.
 curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
 
 # For the C version of Bend, use GCC. We recommend a version up to 12.x.