diff --git a/README b/README
index 3a57e4b2..fd41b479 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ While doing that, Wget respects the Robot Exclusion Standard
 (/robots.txt).  Wget can be instructed to convert the links in
 downloaded HTML files to the local files for offline viewing.
 
-Recursive downloading also works with FTP, where Wget can retrieves a
+Recursive downloading also works with FTP, where Wget can retrieve a
 hierarchy of directories and files.
 
 With both HTTP and FTP, Wget can check whether a remote file has