diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index fe5282f..6a96a66 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 The "index" holds a snapshot of the content of the working tree, and it
 is this snapshot that is taken as the contents of the next commit.  Thus
-after making any changes to the working directory, and before running
+after making any changes to the working tree, and before running
 the commit command, you must use the `add` command to add any new or
 modified files to the index.