diff --git a/doc/faq.texi b/doc/faq.texi
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@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ FFmpeg has a @url{http://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-protocols.html#concat,
 documentation.
 
 A few multimedia containers (MPEG-1, MPEG-2 PS, DV) allow to concatenate
-video by merely concatenating the files them.
+video by merely concatenating the files containing them.
 
 Hence you may concatenate your multimedia files by first transcoding them to
 these privileged formats, then using the humble @code{cat} command (or the