diff --git a/src/wp-includes/functions.php b/src/wp-includes/functions.php
index 56a444b0f2..de0042ff32 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/functions.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/functions.php
@@ -1646,7 +1646,7 @@ function wp_mkdir_p( $target ) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Test if a give filesystem path is absolute.
+ * Test if a given filesystem path is absolute.
  *
  * For example, '/foo/bar', or 'c:\windows'.
  *