diff --git a/document/core/binary/modules.rst b/document/core/binary/modules.rst
index e9c72b61a5..8e488582d1 100644
--- a/document/core/binary/modules.rst
+++ b/document/core/binary/modules.rst
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Each section consists of
 
 * a one-byte section *id*,
 * the |U32| *size* of the contents, in bytes,
-* the actual *contents*, whose structure is depended on the section id.
+* the actual *contents*, whose structure is dependent on the section id.
 
 Every section is optional; an omitted section is equivalent to the section being present with empty contents.