diff --git a/test/loadtime/README.md b/test/loadtime/README.md
index a0fd73eca..dc22ca967 100644
--- a/test/loadtime/README.md
+++ b/test/loadtime/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ The `report` binary is built when `make build` is invoked. The `report` tool
 reads all of the blocks from the specified blockstore database and calculates
 transaction latency metrics. `report` reads transactions generated by `load`
 and uses the difference between the timestamp contained in the transaction and
-the timestamp of the block the transaction was executed in determine transaction latency.
+the timestamp of the block the transaction was executed in to determine transaction latency.
 `report` outputs a set of metrics calculated on the list of latencies, including
 minimum, maximum, and average latency as well as the standard deviation.