diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 32addc1..a390ebe 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ you can ad-hoc distribute your tests by typing::
     py.test -d --tx ssh=myhostpopen --rsyncdir mypkg mypkg
 
 This will synchronize your :code:`mypkg` package directory
-to an remote ssh account and then locally collect tests
+to a remote ssh account and then locally collect tests
 and send them to remote places for execution.
 
 You can specify multiple :code:`--rsyncdir` directories