diff --git a/doc/org/oaut.org b/doc/org/oaut.org
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--- a/doc/org/oaut.org
+++ b/doc/org/oaut.org
@@ -932,8 +932,8 @@ Caveats:
   :CUSTOM_ID: stats
   :END:
 
-The =--stats= option takes format string parameter to specify what and
-how statistics should be output.
+The =--stats= option takes a format string parameter to specify what
+and how statistics should be output.
 
 Most tools support a common set of statistics about the output
 automaton (like =%s= for the number of states, =%t= for transitions,