diff --git a/builder/src/Reporting/Exit.hs b/builder/src/Reporting/Exit.hs
index a281bd1ae..9ccf1f6d6 100644
--- a/builder/src/Reporting/Exit.hs
+++ b/builder/src/Reporting/Exit.hs
@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ toDetailsReport details =
 
     DetailsHandEditedDependencies ->
       Help.report "ERROR IN DEPENDENCIES" (Just "elm.json")
-        "It looks like the dependencies elm.json in were edited by hand (or by a 3rd\
+        "It looks like the dependencies in elm.json were edited by hand (or by a 3rd\
         \ party tool) leaving them in an invalid state."
         [ D.fillSep
             ["Try","to","change","them","back","to","what","they","were","before!"