diff --git a/gnu/packages/engineering.scm b/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
index 6b776a175b..d88ff0a45f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ (define-public volk
     (synopsis "Vector-Optimized Library of Kernels")
     (description
      "@code{volk} contains procedures with machine-specific optimizations
-for mathematical functions.  It also provides an machine-independent
+for mathematical functions.  It also provides a machine-independent
 interface to select the best such procedures to use on a given system.")
     (license license:gpl3+)))