diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/generations-dir/generations-dir.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/generations-dir/generations-dir.nix
index 630c6e1870e6..397326899d8d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/generations-dir/generations-dir.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/generations-dir/generations-dir.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ in
         default = false;
         type = types.bool;
         description = ''
-          Whether copy the necessary boot files into /boot, so
+          Whether to copy the necessary boot files into /boot, so
           /nix/store is not needed by the boot loader.
         '';
       };