diff --git a/windows/security/identity-protection/access-control/special-identities.md b/windows/security/identity-protection/access-control/special-identities.md
index 0dc6406a6d..f0c84a4b48 100644
--- a/windows/security/identity-protection/access-control/special-identities.md
+++ b/windows/security/identity-protection/access-control/special-identities.md
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ This group implicitly includes all users who are logged on to the system through
 ## Principal Self
 
 
-This identify is a placeholder in an ACE on a user, group, or computer object in Active Directory. When you grant permissions to Principal Self, you grant them to the security principal that is represented by the object. During an access check, the operating system replaces the SID for Principal Self with the SID for the security principal that is represented by the object.
+This identity is a placeholder in an ACE on a user, group, or computer object in Active Directory. When you grant permissions to Principal Self, you grant them to the security principal that is represented by the object. During an access check, the operating system replaces the SID for Principal Self with the SID for the security principal that is represented by the object.
 
 | **Attribute** | **Value** |
 |  :--: | :--: |