diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 0822104116..aa782b9330 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ en:
       hours_teaching_eligible_subjects:
         question: Do you spend at least half of your timetabled teaching hours teaching these eligible courses?
         errors:
-          inclusion: Select yes if spend at least half of your timetabled teaching hours teaching these eligible courses
+          inclusion: Select yes if you spend at least half of your timetabled teaching hours teaching these eligible courses
     check_your_answers:
       part_one:
         primary_heading: Check your answers
diff --git a/spec/forms/journeys/further_education_payments/hours_teaching_eligible_subjects_form_spec.rb b/spec/forms/journeys/further_education_payments/hours_teaching_eligible_subjects_form_spec.rb
index d6cd31b1e3..1a5de36329 100644
--- a/spec/forms/journeys/further_education_payments/hours_teaching_eligible_subjects_form_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/forms/journeys/further_education_payments/hours_teaching_eligible_subjects_form_spec.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
       is_expected.not_to(
         allow_value(nil)
         .for(:hours_teaching_eligible_subjects)
-        .with_message("Select yes if spend at least half of your timetabled teaching hours teaching these eligible courses")
+        .with_message("Select yes if you spend at least half of your timetabled teaching hours teaching these eligible courses")
       )
     end
   end