diff --git a/spacy/errors.py b/spacy/errors.py
index 96e84ef8d..cffad4fc6 100644
--- a/spacy/errors.py
+++ b/spacy/errors.py
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ class Errors(metaclass=ErrorsWithCodes):
     E1051 = ("'allow_overlap' can only be False when max_positive is 1, but found 'max_positive': {max_positive}.")
     E1052 = ("Both 'min_length' and 'max_length' should be larger than 1, but found"
              " 'min_length': {min_length}, 'max_length': {max_length}")
-    E1053 = ("Text, including whitespace, must match between reference and "
+    E1053 = ("The text, including whitespace, must match between reference and "
              "predicted docs when training {component}.")