diff --git a/src/reactor.rs b/src/reactor.rs
index f49b345..bba76db 100644
--- a/src/reactor.rs
+++ b/src/reactor.rs
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ impl ReactorLock<'_> {
                             }
                         }
 
-                        // Re-register if there are still writers or readers. The can happen if
+                        // Re-register if there are still writers or readers. This can happen if
                         // e.g. we were previously interested in both readability and writability,
                         // but only one of them was emitted.
                         if !state[READ].is_empty() || !state[WRITE].is_empty() {