diff --git a/content/reference/compose-file/develop.md b/content/reference/compose-file/develop.md
index 4fd1edab77..d005a07778 100644
--- a/content/reference/compose-file/develop.md
+++ b/content/reference/compose-file/develop.md
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ The syntax is the same as `.dockerignore` file:
 - `*/*` matches two nested folders with arbitrary names
 - `**` matches an arbitrary number of nested folders
 
-If the build context includes a `.dockerignore` file, the patterns in this file is loaded as implicit content
+If the build context includes a `.dockerignore` file, the patterns in this file are loaded as implicit content
 for the `ignores` file, and values set in the Compose model are appended.
 
 #### `include`