diff --git a/proposals/1831-srv-after-wellknown.md b/proposals/1831-srv-after-wellknown.md
index c0f8ef7a..4dc4da53 100644
--- a/proposals/1831-srv-after-wellknown.md
+++ b/proposals/1831-srv-after-wellknown.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Currently there is a logistical error proposed by [MSC1708](https://github.com/m
 which results in some homeservers unable to migrate to the new functionality
 proposed by [MSC1711](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/1711). This
 can happen if the delegated homeserver cannot obtain a valid TLS certificate for
-the top level domain, and an SRV record is used for backwards compatibility reasons.
+the domain, and an SRV record is used for backwards compatibility reasons.
 
 Specifically, in order to be compatible with requests from both Synapse 0.34 and 1.0,
 servers can have both a SRV and a .well-known file, with Synapse presenting a certificate