diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0f962c74..0c3fbd1b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ success/fail flag for each queried capability. Responses for **all**
 queried capabilities are **always** sent. No queries are ever dropped.
 
 All replies are in `tigetstr()` format. That is, given the same
-capability name, foot reply is identical to what `tigetstr()` would
+capability name, foot's reply is identical to what `tigetstr()` would
 have returned.