diff --git a/docs/topics/db/transactions.txt b/docs/topics/db/transactions.txt
index c5e78eb169..402c244c9c 100644
--- a/docs/topics/db/transactions.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/db/transactions.txt
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ Django provides a single API to control database transactions.
 
     Open transactions have a performance cost for your database server. To
     minimize this overhead, keep your transactions as short as possible. This
-    is especially important of you're using :func:`atomic` in long-running
+    is especially important if you're using :func:`atomic` in long-running
     processes, outside of Django's request / response cycle.
 
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