diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 9657cfe546b0..aa05c4b171c9 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ en:
       follows_description: "The related work package necessarily needs to finish before this one can start"
       label_child_singular: "child"
       label_child_plural: "children"
-      child_description: "Makes the related a work package a sub-item of the current (parent) work package"
+      child_description: "Makes the related work package a sub-item of the current (parent) work package"
       label_blocks_singular: "blocks"
       label_blocks_plural: "blocks"
       blocks_description: "The related work package cannot be closed until this one is closed first"