diff --git a/requests/models.py b/requests/models.py
index 2a5531ed..f82f56a3 100644
--- a/requests/models.py
+++ b/requests/models.py
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ class Response(object):
     def text(self):
         """Content of the response, in unicode.
 
-        if Response.encoding is None, encoding will be guessed using
+        If Response.encoding is None, encoding will be guessed using
         ``charade``.
         """