diff --git a/dymos/trajectory/trajectory.py b/dymos/trajectory/trajectory.py
index 62de5b655..93ecb048a 100644
--- a/dymos/trajectory/trajectory.py
+++ b/dymos/trajectory/trajectory.py
@@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ def link_phases(self, phases, vars=None, locs=('final', 'initial'), connected=Fa
         phases : sequence of str
             The names of the phases in this trajectory to be sequentially linked.
         vars : sequence of str
-            The variables in the phases to be linked, or '*'.  Providing '*' will time and all
+            The variables in the phases to be linked, or '*'.  Providing '*' will link time and all
             states.  Linking control values or rates requires them to be listed explicitly.
         locs : tuple of str
             A two-element tuple of a location specification.  For every pair in