diff --git a/templates/hooks--post-receive.sample b/templates/hooks--post-receive.sample
index 18d2e0f727..7a83e17ab5 100755
--- a/templates/hooks--post-receive.sample
+++ b/templates/hooks--post-receive.sample
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # For example:
 #  aa453216d1b3e49e7f6f98441fa56946ddcd6a20 68f7abf4e6f922807889f52bc043ecd31b79f814 refs/heads/master
 #
-# see contrib/hooks/ for an sample, or uncomment the next line and
+# see contrib/hooks/ for a sample, or uncomment the next line and
 # rename the file to "post-receive".
 
 #. /usr/share/doc/git-core/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email