diff --git a/docs/docs/05-reusable-components.md b/docs/docs/05-reusable-components.md
index 0178c5e8cc..b4159ac97f 100644
--- a/docs/docs/05-reusable-components.md
+++ b/docs/docs/05-reusable-components.md
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ class HelloMessage extends React.Component {
 React.render(<HelloMessage name="Sebastian" />, mountNode);
 ```
 
-The API is similar to `React.createClass` with the exception or `getInitialState`. Instead of providing a separate `getInitialState` method, you set up your own `state` property in the constructor.
+The API is similar to `React.createClass` with the exception of `getInitialState`. Instead of providing a separate `getInitialState` method, you set up your own `state` property in the constructor.
 
 Another difference is that `propTypes` and `defaultProps` are defined as properties on the constructor instead of in the class body.