diff --git a/salt/states/user.py b/salt/states/user.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/salt/states/user.py
+++ b/salt/states/user.py
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ def present(name,
     gid
         The id of the default group to assign to the user. Either a group name
         or gid can be used. If not specified, and the user does not exist, then
-        he next available gid will be assigned.
+        the next available gid will be assigned.
 
     gid_from_name : False
         If ``True``, the default group id will be set to the id of the group
Porting PR #<I> to <I>