diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index c3f472fe..6c7a1e27 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ TinyDB is:
fun to use by providing a simple and clean API.
- **written in pure Python:** TinyDB neither needs an external server (as
- e.g. `PyMongo `_) nor any dependencies
+ e.g. `PyMongo `_) nor any dependencies
from PyPI.
- **works on Python 3.8+ and PyPy3:** TinyDB works on all modern versions of Python