diff --git a/_overviews/tutorials/scala-for-java-programmers.md b/_overviews/tutorials/scala-for-java-programmers.md
index 3fa73ffc1b..8072731909 100644
--- a/_overviews/tutorials/scala-for-java-programmers.md
+++ b/_overviews/tutorials/scala-for-java-programmers.md
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ complex numbers.
     }
 
 This `Complex` class takes two arguments, which are the real and
-imaginary part of the complex. These arguments must be passed when
+imaginary part of the complex number. These arguments must be passed when
 creating an instance of class `Complex`, as follows: `new
   Complex(1.5, 2.3)`. The class contains two methods, called `re`
 and `im`, which give access to these two parts.