diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/assert/lib/assertions/have-resource.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/assert/lib/assertions/have-resource.ts
index 2ea670b9c394d..2f3352bee16ef 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/assert/lib/assertions/have-resource.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/assert/lib/assertions/have-resource.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export function haveResource(
 }
 
 /**
- * Sugar for calling ``haveResources`` with ``allowValueExtension`` set to ``true``.
+ * Sugar for calling ``haveResource`` with ``allowValueExtension`` set to ``true``.
  */
 export function haveResourceLike(
   resourceType: string,