diff --git a/content/features/parent-selectors.md b/content/features/parent-selectors.md
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--- a/content/features/parent-selectors.md
+++ b/content/features/parent-selectors.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ a:hover {
 }
 ```
 
-Notice that without the `&`, the above example would result in `a :hover` rule (a descendant selector that matches hovered elements inside of `<a>` tags) and this is not what we typically would want with the nested `:hover`.
+Notice that without the `&`, the above example would result in a `:hover` rule (a descendant selector that matches hovered elements inside of `<a>` tags) and this is not what we typically would want with the nested `:hover`.
 
 The "parent selectors" operator has a variety of uses. Basically any time you need the selectors of the nested rules to be combined in other ways than the default. For example another typical use of the `&` is to produce repetitive class names: