diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_database.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_database.c
index c0c02efd9d3..7e65fe83bf7 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_database.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_database.c
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ pgstat_reset_database_timestamp(Oid dboid, TimestampTz ts)
 /*
  * Flush out pending stats for the entry
  *
- * If nowait is true, this function returns false if lock could not
+ * If nowait is true, this function returns false if lock could not be
  * immediately acquired, otherwise true is returned.
  */
 bool