diff --git a/gcn/notices/core/Statistics.schema.json b/gcn/notices/core/Statistics.schema.json
index 19c82b57..2b3fa523 100644
--- a/gcn/notices/core/Statistics.schema.json
+++ b/gcn/notices/core/Statistics.schema.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     },
     "net_count_rate": {
       "type": "number",
-      "description": "Net count rate of the transient above the background [counts/s] over rate duration and rate energy range. Do specify rate_duration and rate_energy_range with net_count_rate property."
+      "description": "Net count rate of the transient above the background [counts/s] over rate_duration and rate_energy_range. Do specify rate_duration and rate_energy_range with net_count_rate property."
     },
     "backgound_count_rate": {
       "type": "number",