diff --git a/docs/design/aws_under_the_hood.md b/docs/design/aws_under_the_hood.md
index aedab0e1f25..3ff1c17ecd2 100644
--- a/docs/design/aws_under_the_hood.md
+++ b/docs/design/aws_under_the_hood.md
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ within AWS Certificate Manager.
 service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-backend-protocol=(https|http|ssl|tcp)
 ```
 
-The second annotation specificies which protocol a pod speaks. For HTTPS and
+The second annotation specifies which protocol a pod speaks. For HTTPS and
 SSL, the ELB will expect the pod to authenticate itself over the encrypted
 connection.