diff --git a/doc/user-guide/reshaping.rst b/doc/user-guide/reshaping.rst
index 3a4e7ea88c6..95bf21a71b0 100644
--- a/doc/user-guide/reshaping.rst
+++ b/doc/user-guide/reshaping.rst
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Reordering dimensions
 
 To reorder dimensions on a :py:class:`~xarray.DataArray` or across all variables
 on a :py:class:`~xarray.Dataset`, use :py:meth:`~xarray.DataArray.transpose`. An
-ellipsis (`...`) can be use to represent all other dimensions:
+ellipsis (`...`) can be used to represent all other dimensions:
 
 .. ipython:: python