diff --git a/sphinx/templates/quickstart/conf.py_t b/sphinx/templates/quickstart/conf.py_t
index 70683f8ee..8300e626f 100644
--- a/sphinx/templates/quickstart/conf.py_t
+++ b/sphinx/templates/quickstart/conf.py_t
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ language = {{ language | repr }}
 
 # List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
 # directories to ignore when looking for source files.
-# This patterns also effect to html_static_path and html_extra_path
+# This pattern also affects html_static_path and html_extra_path .
 exclude_patterns = [{{ exclude_patterns }}]
 
 # The name of the Pygments (syntax highlighting) style to use.