diff --git a/docs/src/apps/jsonrpc-api.md b/docs/src/apps/jsonrpc-api.md
index 5c2d10351c..3957f9513c 100644
--- a/docs/src/apps/jsonrpc-api.md
+++ b/docs/src/apps/jsonrpc-api.md
@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@ After connecting to the RPC PubSub websocket at `ws://<ADDRESS>/`:
 
 * Submit subscription requests to the websocket using the methods below
 * Multiple subscriptions may be active at once
-* Many subscriptions take the optional [`commitment` parameter](jsonrpc-api.md#configuring-state-commitment), defining how . For subscriptions, if commitment is unspecified, the default value is `recent`.
+* Many subscriptions take the optional [`commitment` parameter](jsonrpc-api.md#configuring-state-commitment), defining how finalized a change should be to trigger a notification. For subscriptions, if commitment is unspecified, the default value is `recent`.
 
 ### accountSubscribe