diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/rc_option_editor.cc b/gtk2_ardour/rc_option_editor.cc
index 00c6282448..a43df09867 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/rc_option_editor.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/rc_option_editor.cc
@@ -4129,7 +4129,7 @@ These settings will only take effect after %1 is restarted.\n\
_("Additional VST3 Path:"));
vst3_path->set_note (_("Customizing VST3 paths is discouraged. Note that default VST3 paths as per "
- "specification "
+ "specification "
"are always searched, and need not be explicitly set."));
add_option (_("Plugins/VST"), vst3_path);