diff --git a/galleries/users_explain/quick_start.py b/galleries/users_explain/quick_start.py
index cf5e73555e27..1970f71f737c 100644
--- a/galleries/users_explain/quick_start.py
+++ b/galleries/users_explain/quick_start.py
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ def my_plotter(ax, data1, data2, param_dict):
 # Color mapped data
 # =================
 #
-# Often we want to have a third dimension in a plot represented by a colors in
+# Often we want to have a third dimension in a plot represented by colors in
 # a colormap. Matplotlib has a number of plot types that do this:
 
 X, Y = np.meshgrid(np.linspace(-3, 3, 128), np.linspace(-3, 3, 128))