diff --git a/src/runtime/proc.go b/src/runtime/proc.go
index 9a7bd941db0fb7..a366f0264d142a 100644
--- a/src/runtime/proc.go
+++ b/src/runtime/proc.go
@@ -5992,7 +5992,7 @@ func runqget(pp *p) (gp *g, inheritTime bool) {
 	next := pp.runnext
 	// If the runnext is non-0 and the CAS fails, it could only have been stolen by another P,
 	// because other Ps can race to set runnext to 0, but only the current P can set it to non-0.
-	// Hence, there's no need to retry this CAS if it falls.
+	// Hence, there's no need to retry this CAS if it fails.
 	if next != 0 && pp.runnext.cas(next, 0) {
 		return next.ptr(), true
 	}