diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/README b/src/backend/optimizer/README
index 0db3d36208..9c852a15ef 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/README
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/README
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ of joining relations.
 Partitionwise aggregates/grouping
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-If the GROUP BY clause has contains all of the partition keys, all the rows
+If the GROUP BY clause contains all of the partition keys, all the rows
 that belong to a given group must come from a single partition; therefore,
 aggregation can be done completely separately for each partition. Otherwise,
 partial aggregates can be computed for each partition, and then finalized