diff --git a/docs/backends/duckdb.qmd b/docs/backends/duckdb.qmd
index e82d9470316e..82a3a01a9aa0 100644
--- a/docs/backends/duckdb.qmd
+++ b/docs/backends/duckdb.qmd
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ import ibis
 con = ibis.connect("duckdb://local.ddb")
 ```
 
-Without an empty path, `ibis.connect` will connect to an ephemeral, in-memory database.
+Given an empty path, `ibis.connect` will connect to an ephemeral, in-memory database.
 
 ```{python}
 con = ibis.connect("duckdb://")