diff --git a/src/references/slices.md b/src/references/slices.md
index 4dfc7209a31a..4d35c8fa5923 100644
--- a/src/references/slices.md
+++ b/src/references/slices.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ fn main() {
   - You can't grow a slice to point to a larger section of the backing buffer. A
     slice does not have information about the length of the underlying buffer
     and so you can't know how large the slice can be grown.
-  - To get a larger slice you have to back to the original buffer and create a
+  - To get a larger slice you have to go back to the original buffer and create a
     larger slice from there.
 
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