diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/latch.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/latch.c
index 9dbb4f17cf8..78c6a892713 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/latch.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/latch.c
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ CreateWaitEventSet(MemoryContext context, int nevents)
 	 * Use MAXALIGN size/alignment to guarantee that later uses of memory are
 	 * aligned correctly. E.g. epoll_event might need 8 byte alignment on some
 	 * platforms, but earlier allocations like WaitEventSet and WaitEvent
-	 * might not sized to guarantee that when purely using sizeof().
+	 * might not be sized to guarantee that when purely using sizeof().
 	 */
 	sz += MAXALIGN(sizeof(WaitEventSet));
 	sz += MAXALIGN(sizeof(WaitEvent) * nevents);