diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c86efca3..6b70df6c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ Assuming your host system has Docker & Docker Compose properly installed, run:
 
     docker-compose run dotfiles
 
-This will build the container image. If it never built it before (which may take a while -- future times will be faster) and then run a `zsh` session inside that container for you.
+This will build the container image if it never built it before (which may take a while -- future times will be faster) and then run a `zsh` session inside that container for you.
 There you can play around, test commands, aliases, etc.
 
 *Warning*: this repo is primarly macOS oriented. So any support for Linux can only be done with the help of the community.