diff --git a/docs/ref/forms/validation.txt b/docs/ref/forms/validation.txt
index 6cc3280e06..1c047f246f 100644
--- a/docs/ref/forms/validation.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/forms/validation.txt
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ Using validators
 .. versionadded:: 1.2
 
 Django's form (and model) fields support use of simple utility functions and
-classes known as validators. These can passed to a field's constructor, via
+classes known as validators. These can be passed to a field's constructor, via
 the field's ``validators`` argument, or defined on the Field class itself with
 the ``default_validators`` attribute.