diff --git a/doc/src/neigh_modify.txt b/doc/src/neigh_modify.txt
index e81393aa01..c97cb53e43 100644
--- a/doc/src/neigh_modify.txt
+++ b/doc/src/neigh_modify.txt
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ used in neighbor list construction to sort and find neighboring atoms.
 By default, for "neighbor style bin"_neighbor.html, LAMMPS uses bins
 that are 1/2 the size of the maximum pair cutoff.  For "neighbor style
 multi"_neighbor.html, the bins are 1/2 the size of the minimum pair
-cutoff.  Typically these are good values for minimizing thetime for
+cutoff.  Typically these are good values for minimizing the time for
 neighbor list construction.  This setting overrides the default.
 If you make it too big, there is little overhead due to
 looping over bins, but more atoms are checked.  If you make it too