diff --git a/files/file b/files/file
index 8dcead1b402..86ee83a6938 100644
--- a/files/file
+++ b/files/file
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ options:
     choices: [ "yes", "no" ]
     description:
       - 'force the creation of the symlinks in two cases: the source file does 
-        not exist (but will appear later); the destination exists and a file (so, we need to unlink the
+        not exist (but will appear later); the destination exists and is a file (so, we need to unlink the
         "path" file and create symlink to the "src" file in place of it).'
 notes:
     - See also M(copy), M(template), M(assemble)