--- a/docs/sharing.rst	Sat Apr 27 14:42:48 2019 -0400
+++ b/docs/sharing.rst	Sat Apr 27 19:32:03 2019 -0400
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@
 It's not enough just to update ``public``, though! Other people also
 use the ``review`` repository, and right now it doesn't have Bob's
 latest amendment ("v3", revision 6:540b), nor does it know that the
-precursor of that changeset ("v2", revision 5:0eb7) is obsolete. Thus,
+predecessor of that changeset ("v2", revision 5:0eb7) is obsolete. Thus,
 Bob pushes to ``review`` as well::
 
   $ hg push ../review