diff --git a/docs/FAQ.xml b/docs/FAQ.xml
index 7d84ab8b0..98f9f10ae 100644
--- a/docs/FAQ.xml
+++ b/docs/FAQ.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         role="bold">shorewall-shell</emphasis> and <emphasis
         role="bold">shorewall-perl</emphasis>. Beginning with Shorewall 4.4.0,
         <emphasis role="bold">shorewall-shell</emphasis> is discontinued and
-        <emphasis role="bold">shorewall-perl</emphasis> was renamed <emphasis
+        <emphasis role="bold">shorewall-perl</emphasis> is renamed <emphasis
         role="bold">shorewall</emphasis>.</para>
       </section>
     </section>