diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.asciidoc b/doc/pacman.8.asciidoc
index 2040f98d..630ff0d9 100644
--- a/doc/pacman.8.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/pacman.8.asciidoc
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ Transaction Options (apply to '-S', '-R' and '-U')
 
 *\--assume-installed* <package=version>::
 	Add a virtual package "package" with version "version" to the transaction
-	to satisfy dependencies. This allows to disable specific dependency checks
+	to satisfy dependencies. This allows disabling the specific dependency checks
 	without affecting all dependency checks. To disable all dependency
 	checking, see the '\--nodeps' option.