diff --git a/doc/dev/background-information/languages/testing_go_code.md b/doc/dev/background-information/languages/testing_go_code.md
index f2c4dcd8708..a085ece61b9 100644
--- a/doc/dev/background-information/languages/testing_go_code.md
+++ b/doc/dev/background-information/languages/testing_go_code.md
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func TestSprocket(t *testing.T) {
 
 ### Asserting expected complex values
 
-Expected values that are not simple scalars (really, anything not comparable with `==`) should use [go-cmp](https://github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp) to create a highly-readable diff string.
+Expected values that are not simple scalars (really, anything not comparable with `==`) should use [go-cmp](https://github.com/google/go-cmp) to create a highly-readable diff string.
 
 ```go
 import "github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"