diff --git a/src/components/TextForm.js b/src/components/TextForm.js
index 07549d6..530b14f 100644
--- a/src/components/TextForm.js
+++ b/src/components/TextForm.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export default function TextForm(props) {
         </div>
         <div className="container my-3" style={{color: props.mode==='dark'?'white':'#042743'}}>
             <h2>Your text summary</h2>
-            <p>{text.split(/\s+/).filter((element)=>{return element.length!==0}).length} words and {text.length} characters</p>
+            <p>{text.split(/\s+/).filter((element)=>{return element.length!==0}).length-1} words and {text.length} characters</p>
             <p>{0.008 *  text.split(/\s+/).filter((element)=>{return element.length!==0}).length} Minutes read</p>
             <h2>Preview</h2>
             <p>{text.length>0?text:"Nothing to preview!"}</p>