diff --git a/docs/topics/commands.rst b/docs/topics/commands.rst
index 07c69ddda..06f9a485b 100644
--- a/docs/topics/commands.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/commands.rst
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ Supported options:
 * ``--callback`` or ``-c``: spider method to use as callback for parsing the
   response
 
-* ``--meta`` or ``-m``: additional request meta that will be pass to the callback 
+* ``--meta`` or ``-m``: additional request meta that will be passed to the callback 
   request. This must be a valid json string. Example: --meta='{"foo" : "bar"}'
 
 * ``--pipelines``: process items through pipelines