diff --git a/reference/configuration/security.rst b/reference/configuration/security.rst
index ac11a23650b..70784bf4853 100644
--- a/reference/configuration/security.rst
+++ b/reference/configuration/security.rst
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ Learn more about user checkers in :doc:`/security/user_checkers`.
 providers
 ---------
 
-This options defines how the application users are loaded (from a database,
+This option defines how the application users are loaded (from a database,
 an LDAP server, a configuration file, etc.) Read
 :doc:`/security/user_providers` to learn more about each of those
 providers.