diff --git a/README b/README
index eaa62f3..88079ed 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ may jump immediately to INSTALL.
 
 Otherwise, you likely have the sources as they exist in the project
 repository, which does not contain the generated `configure' script; you
-may generate it by issuing the following commands:
+may generate it by issuing the following command:
 
   $ autoreconf -fvi