diff --git a/GhidraBuild/patch/README.txt b/GhidraBuild/patch/README.txt
index c49fd4483c..4d270ed4a5 100644
--- a/GhidraBuild/patch/README.txt
+++ b/GhidraBuild/patch/README.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This directory exits so that Ghidra releases can be patched, or overridden. 
+This directory exists so that Ghidra releases can be patched, or overridden. 
 Classes or jar files placed in this directory will found and loaded 
 *before* the classes that exist in the release jar files. One exception 
 is that classes in the Utility module can not be patched in this way.