diff --git a/net/arping/pkg-descr b/net/arping/pkg-descr
index a1db1e9b8db6..cddc7118f4fb 100644
--- a/net/arping/pkg-descr
+++ b/net/arping/pkg-descr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Arping is a util to find out it a specific IP address on the LAN is 'taken'
+Arping is a util to find out if a specific IP address on the LAN is 'taken'
 and what MAC address owns it. Sure, you *could* just use 'ping' to find out if
 it's taken and even if the computer blocks ping (and everything else) you still
 get an entry in your arp cache. But what if you aren't on a routable net? Then