diff --git a/src/doc/book/src/strings.md b/src/doc/book/src/strings.md
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--- a/src/doc/book/src/strings.md
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@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ This emphasizes that we have to walk from the beginning of the list of `chars`.
 
 ## Slicing
 
-You can get a slice of a string with slicing syntax:
+You can get a slice of a string with the slicing syntax:
 
 ```rust
 let dog = "hachiko";