diff --git a/src/wp-includes/post-template.php b/src/wp-includes/post-template.php
index 3f5fdc8c27..a441d74231 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/post-template.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/post-template.php
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ function the_excerpt() {
 }
 
 /**
- * Retrieve the post excerpt.
+ * Retrieves the post excerpt.
  *
  * @since 0.71
  * @since 4.5.0 Introduced the `$post` parameter.