diff --git a/docs/_posts/2013-06-05-why-react.md b/docs/_posts/2013-06-05-why-react.md
index b9d68d8929..9e29cc31f0 100644
--- a/docs/_posts/2013-06-05-why-react.md
+++ b/docs/_posts/2013-06-05-why-react.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ to build your UI.
 
 React approaches building user interfaces differently by breaking them into
 **components**. This means React uses a real, full featured programming language
-to generate views, which we see as an advantage over templates for a few reasons:
+to render views, which we see as an advantage over templates for a few reasons:
 
 - **JavaScript is a flexible, powerful programming language** with the ability
   to build abstractions. This is incredibly important in large applications.