diff --git a/exercises/exercise-properties/README.md b/exercises/exercise-properties/README.md
index 7389f4b46d2e5eac0808d4c9a2e010a6be9c3216..5b2e0125bda2d1fb20cc06ab45498d3bc23b7ef3 100644
--- a/exercises/exercise-properties/README.md
+++ b/exercises/exercise-properties/README.md
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ SET_TYPE_PROP(TwoPIncompressible, LocalResidual,
 ```
 Observe the difference in the output of the type tag tree.
 
-You want to simplify the original local residual by using the assumption that only incompressible fluid phases are present. As a consequence, one can balance phase volume instead of phase mass.
+Simplify the original local residual by using the assumption that only incompressible fluid phases are present. As a consequence, one can balance phase volume instead of phase mass.
 
 * Eliminate the density from the `computeStorage` and the `computeFlux` methods.