diff --git a/CODING_STANDARDS.md b/CODING_STANDARDS.md
index c599194ed50e3..47b76717c8391 100644
--- a/CODING_STANDARDS.md
+++ b/CODING_STANDARDS.md
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ rewritten to comply with these rules.
 
 1. The length of constant string literals should be calculated via ``strlen()``
    instead of using ``sizeof()-1`` as it is clearer and any modern compiler
-   will optimize it away. Legacy usages of the latter style exists within the
+   will optimize it away. Legacy usages of the latter style exist within the
    codebase but should not be refactored, unless larger refactoring around that
    code is taking place.