diff --git a/docs/settings.rst b/docs/settings.rst
index c4b4ba82..be1e2ec0 100644
--- a/docs/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/settings.rst
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ One way to generate a secure random secret is to use Python like this::
     python3 -c 'import secrets; print(secrets.token_hex(32))'
     cdb19e94283a20f9d42cca50c5a4871c0aa07392db308755d60a1a5b9bb0fa52
 
-Plugin authors make use of this signing mechanism in their plugins using :ref:`datasette_sign` and :ref:`datasette_unsign`.
+Plugin authors can make use of this signing mechanism in their plugins using :ref:`datasette_sign` and :ref:`datasette_unsign`.
 
 .. _setting_publish_secrets: