diff --git a/docs/design/draft-progress.txt b/docs/design/draft-progress.txt
index ebcda423cf..fa67d4b484 100644
--- a/docs/design/draft-progress.txt
+++ b/docs/design/draft-progress.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Progress Reporting
 This document describes the design and use cases for the progress reporting
 messages.
 
-PROGRESS messages are ported on the bus to inform the application about the
+PROGRESS messages are posted on the bus to inform the application about the
 progress of asynchonous operations in the pipeline. This should not be confused
 with asynchronous state changes.