diff --git a/docs/admin_api/rooms.md b/docs/admin_api/rooms.md
index 142092b9d..1d59bb5c4 100644
--- a/docs/admin_api/rooms.md
+++ b/docs/admin_api/rooms.md
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ A response as follows will be returned:
 
 ## Deleting forward extremities
 
-In the event a room has lots of forward extremities, the extra can be
+If a room has lots of forward extremities, the extra can be
 deleted as follows:
 
 ```