diff --git a/content/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/about-githubs-ip-addresses.md b/content/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/about-githubs-ip-addresses.md
index 7a12567cba..6fd5a45b29 100644
--- a/content/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/about-githubs-ip-addresses.md
+++ b/content/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/about-githubs-ip-addresses.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ These IP addresses are used by {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} to s
 
 These ranges are in [CIDR notation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classless_Inter-Domain_Routing#CIDR_notation). You can use an online conversion tool to convert from CIDR notation to IP address ranges, for example: [CIDR to IPv4 conversion site](https://www.ipaddressguide.com/cidr).
 
-We make changes to our IP addresses from time to time. We do not recommend allowing by IP address, however if you use these IP ranges we strongly encourage regular monitoring of our API.
+We make changes to our IP addresses from time to time. We do not recommend allowing by IP address, but if you use these IP ranges we strongly encourage regular monitoring of our API.
 
 For applications to function, you must allow TCP ports 22, 80, and 443 via our IP ranges for `github.com`.