diff --git a/docs/references/backend/authenticate-request.mdx b/docs/references/backend/authenticate-request.mdx
index 8388e68b43..54e0829fa3 100644
--- a/docs/references/backend/authenticate-request.mdx
+++ b/docs/references/backend/authenticate-request.mdx
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ export async function GET(req: Request) {
 }
 ```
 
-### Machine token verifications
+### Machine token verification
 
 The following example uses the `authenticateRequest()` to verify a machine token.