diff --git a/src/gui/viewmanager.py b/src/gui/viewmanager.py
index 86d7b7f6a..9bc71f72d 100644
--- a/src/gui/viewmanager.py
+++ b/src/gui/viewmanager.py
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ class ViewManager(CLIManager):
             dialog = QuestionDialog2(
                 _("Abort changes?"),
                 _("Aborting changes will return the database to the state "
-                  "is was before you started this editing session."),
+                  "it was before you started this editing session."),
                 _("Abort changes"),
                 _("Cancel"))