diff --git a/Documentation/maintainer/pull-requests.rst b/Documentation/maintainer/pull-requests.rst
index 00b200facf676cc3781c976b4ea66277765d4365..0d63d9d7e347ccdbda6901e744fcb0cb6335b988 100644
--- a/Documentation/maintainer/pull-requests.rst
+++ b/Documentation/maintainer/pull-requests.rst
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ so outline what is contained here, why it should be merged, and what, if
 any, testing has been done.  All of this information will end up in the tag
 itself, and then in the merge commit that the maintainer makes if/when they
 merge the pull request. So write it up well, as it will be in the kernel
-tree for forever.
+tree forever.
 
 As said by Linus::