diff --git a/docs/source/getting-started/security-basics.rst b/docs/source/getting-started/security-basics.rst
index ab48cdfe..210c7d27 100644
--- a/docs/source/getting-started/security-basics.rst
+++ b/docs/source/getting-started/security-basics.rst
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ shared by the Hub and single-user servers.
 
 Its sole purpose is to coordinate logout of the multiple OAuth cookies.
 
-This cookie is set to ``/`` so all endpoints can receive or clear it, etc.
+This cookie is set to ``/`` so all endpoints can receive it, clear it, etc.
 
 jupyterhub-user-<username>-oauth-state
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~