diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/messaging/kafka.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/messaging/kafka.adoc
index be6b071b201..babae3c0a63 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/messaging/kafka.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/messaging/kafka.adoc
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ To use the factory bean, wire `StreamsBuilder` into your `@Bean` as shown in the
 include::{docs-java}/messaging/kafka/streams/MyKafkaStreamsConfiguration.java[]
 ----
 
-By default, the streams managed by the `StreamBuilder` object it creates are started automatically.
+By default, the streams managed by the `StreamBuilder` object are started automatically.
 You can customize this behavior using the configprop:spring.kafka.streams.auto-startup[] property.