diff --git a/docs-main/sdks-tools/api-reference/ledger-api-services.mdx b/docs-main/sdks-tools/api-reference/ledger-api-services.mdx
index a1e0ad813..6f4495848 100644
--- a/docs-main/sdks-tools/api-reference/ledger-api-services.mdx
+++ b/docs-main/sdks-tools/api-reference/ledger-api-services.mdx
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ parties and users.
 
 Such parties and users have a matching `identity_provider_id` defined
 and are inaccessible to administrators from other identity providers. A
-user is only be authenticated if the corresponding JWT token is issued
+user is only to be authenticated if the corresponding JWT token is issued
 by the appropriate identity provider. Users and parties without
 `identity_provider_id` defined are assumed to be using the default
 identity provider, which is configured statically when the Participant