diff --git a/054_Query_DSL/70_Important_clauses.asciidoc b/054_Query_DSL/70_Important_clauses.asciidoc
index e0ac93639..1f075e590 100644
--- a/054_Query_DSL/70_Important_clauses.asciidoc
+++ b/054_Query_DSL/70_Important_clauses.asciidoc
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ The operators that it accepts are as follows:
 
 ==== term Query
 
-The `term` query is used to search by((("query", "important")))((("term query"))) exact values, be they numbers, dates,
+The `term` query is used to search by((("query", "important")))((("term query"))) exact values, be the numbers, dates,
 Booleans, or `not_analyzed` exact-value string fields:
 
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