diff --git a/doc/quickstart.rst b/doc/quickstart.rst
index f2e1f99b15..f172b28906 100644
--- a/doc/quickstart.rst
+++ b/doc/quickstart.rst
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ following.
     mount --make-shared /run
     mount --make-shared /var/lib/nova/mnt
 
-If /var/lib/nova/mnt is not present, can do below work around.
+If /var/lib/nova/mnt is not present, do the workaround below.
 
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