diff --git a/docs/adr/adr-012-controller-http-return-statuses.md b/docs/adr/adr-012-controller-http-return-statuses.md
index 4f7f4a112..d28ee39d8 100644
--- a/docs/adr/adr-012-controller-http-return-statuses.md
+++ b/docs/adr/adr-012-controller-http-return-statuses.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Controllers assess authentication by 3 criteria:
 2. Are you signed in and requesting an action that your role/user type has access to?
 3. Are you signed in, requesting an action that your role/user type has access to and requesting a resource that your user has access to.
 
-When these aren't met the fail with the following response types:
+When these aren't met they fail with the following response types:
 
 1. 401: Unauthorized. Redirect to sign-in page.
 2. 401: Unauthorized