diff --git a/docs/reference/snapshot-restore/apis/get-snapshot-status-api.asciidoc b/docs/reference/snapshot-restore/apis/get-snapshot-status-api.asciidoc
index 94a69069145a6..611a9d107c5a0 100644
--- a/docs/reference/snapshot-restore/apis/get-snapshot-status-api.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/snapshot-restore/apis/get-snapshot-status-api.asciidoc
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ Number of shards that are still initializing.
 
 `started`::
 (integer)
-Number of shards that have started but not are not finalized.
+Number of shards that have started but are not finalized.
 
 `finalizing`::
 (integer)