diff --git a/user-stories/proposed/ha-vm.rst b/user-stories/proposed/ha-vm.rst
index c9c5da3..33a3b98 100644
--- a/user-stories/proposed/ha-vm.rst
+++ b/user-stories/proposed/ha-vm.rst
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ tolerate failures of individual VMs, at scale it is too impractical and costly
 to have to manually recover every failure. Ideally this auto-recovery would be
 implemented in the application or PaaS layer, to maximise integration with the
 rest of the application. However even if a new feature implemented the
-OpenStack layer primarily targetted auto-recovery of pets, it could also serve
+OpenStack layer primarily targeted auto-recovery of pets, it could also serve
 as a cheap alternative for auto-recovery of cattle.
 
 Opportunity/Justification