diff --git a/README.linux b/README.linux
index 5534e3d457f965853d1949ac734072c889d9f896..c778dae05869610a03f26d90ca6dcd2ea1465328 100644
--- a/README.linux
+++ b/README.linux
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ make install
 This will install Titan into  /home/<user id>/titan.core/Install
 
 
-7. Optionally , run function/regression tests
+7. Optionally, run function/regression tests
 
 cd /home/<user id>/titan.core/function_test