a valid state is achieved by passing the test suite
diff --git a/src/tests/ci.md b/src/tests/ci.md
index d9fc232..1488103 100644
--- a/src/tests/ci.md
+++ b/src/tests/ci.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# Testing with CI
The primary goal of our CI system is to ensure that the `master` branch of
-`rust-lang/rust` is always in a valid state and passes our test suite.
+`rust-lang/rust` is always in a valid state by passing our test suite.
From a high-level point of view, when you open a pull request at
`rust-lang/rust`, the following will happen:
