diff --git a/doc/type_traits.qbk b/doc/type_traits.qbk
index 8795f12..c7b7233 100644
--- a/doc/type_traits.qbk
+++ b/doc/type_traits.qbk
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ The first part guarantees the successful compilation of something like this:
    
 and the second part provides the library's users with a mechanism to make the 
 above code work not only for `char`, `int` or other built-in type, 
-but for they own types as well:
+but for their own types as well:
 
    namespace myspace{
       struct MyClass {};