diff --git a/vim-colors-solarized/README.mkd b/vim-colors-solarized/README.mkd
index a163b02..339bf64 100644
--- a/vim-colors-solarized/README.mkd
+++ b/vim-colors-solarized/README.mkd
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ select either the light or dark background.
 
 If you are going to use Solarized in Terminal mode (i.e. not in a GUI version 
 like gvim or macvim), **please please please** consider setting your terminal 
-emulator's colorscheme to used the Solarized palette. I've included palettes 
+emulator's colorscheme to use the Solarized palette. I've included palettes 
 for some popular terminal emulator as well as Xdefaults in the official 
 Solarized download available from [Solarized homepage]. If you use 
 Solarized *without* these colors, Solarized will need to be told to degrade its