diff --git a/docs/en/cookbook/validation-of-entities.rst b/docs/en/cookbook/validation-of-entities.rst
index a1e39a5e51b..a33cb983240 100644
--- a/docs/en/cookbook/validation-of-entities.rst
+++ b/docs/en/cookbook/validation-of-entities.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ What we offer are hooks to execute any kind of validation.
 .. note::
 
     You don't need to validate your entities in the lifecycle
-    events. Its only one of many options. Of course you can also
+    events. It is only one of many options. Of course you can also
     perform validations in value setters or any other method of your
     entities that are used in your code.