diff --git a/docs/content/middlewares/http/basicauth.md b/docs/content/middlewares/http/basicauth.md
index 82fd00ae4..9a6b3c579 100644
--- a/docs/content/middlewares/http/basicauth.md
+++ b/docs/content/middlewares/http/basicauth.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ The BasicAuth middleware grants access to services to authorized users only.
 # To create user:password pair, it's possible to use this command:
 # echo $(htpasswd -nB user) | sed -e s/\\$/\\$\\$/g
 #
-# Also note that dollar signs should NOT be doubled when they not evaluated (e.g. Ansible docker_container module).
+# Also note that dollar signs should NOT be doubled when they are not being evaluated (e.g. Ansible docker_container module).
 labels:
   - "traefik.http.middlewares.test-auth.basicauth.users=test:$$apr1$$H6uskkkW$$IgXLP6ewTrSuBkTrqE8wj/,test2:$$apr1$$d9hr9HBB$$4HxwgUir3HP4EsggP/QNo0"
 ```