diff --git a/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/software/virtual_machines_tools.md b/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/software/virtual_machines_tools.md
index b66eeaeecc015fa241bbbdcfc084223ab268f14f..0d1781c70a15b9385db9b1b43da04295c732d4e9 100644
--- a/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/software/virtual_machines_tools.md
+++ b/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/software/virtual_machines_tools.md
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ the VM controlled by the `--tmp-size` parameter.
 
 As the build starts in a VM, you may not have access to all your files. It is usually bad practice
 to refer to local files from inside a definition file anyway as this reduces reproducibility.
-However common directories are available by default. For others, care must be taken. In short:
+However, common directories are available by default. For others, care must be taken. In short:
 
 * `/home/$USER`, `/scratch/$USER` are available and should be used `/scratch/\<group>` also works for
 * all groups the users is in `/projects/\<group>` similar, but is read-only! So don't use this to