diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/erofs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/erofs.rst
index f200d7874495..57c6ae23b3fc 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/erofs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/erofs.rst
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ may not. All metadatas can be now observed in two different spaces (views):
                                         |                  |
                                         |__________________| 64 bytes
 
-    Xattrs, extents, data inline are followed by the corresponding inode with
+    Xattrs, extents, data inline are placed after the corresponding inode with
     proper alignment, and they could be optional for different data mappings.
     _currently_ total 5 data layouts are supported: