diff --git a/_tour/type-inference.md b/_tour/type-inference.md
index c024aeae26..d949fc4f4b 100644
--- a/_tour/type-inference.md
+++ b/_tour/type-inference.md
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Also, type inference can sometimes infer a too-specific type.  Suppose we write:
 var obj = null
 ```
 
-Then we can't then go on and make this reassignment:
+We can't then go on and make this reassignment:
 
 ```tut:fail
 obj = new AnyRef