diff --git a/6-async/05-async-await/article.md b/6-async/05-async-await/article.md
index 21036fdf..377ffe49 100644
--- a/6-async/05-async-await/article.md
+++ b/6-async/05-async-await/article.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ async function f() {
 f().then(alert); // 1
 ```
 
-...We can explicitly return a promise, that would be the same:
+...We could explicitly return a promise, that would be the same:
 
 ```js run
 async function f() {