diff --git a/tokio/src/runtime/builder.rs b/tokio/src/runtime/builder.rs
index 519c7d01413..16be770985c 100644
--- a/tokio/src/runtime/builder.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/runtime/builder.rs
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ impl Builder {
         ///
         /// By default, an unhandled panic (i.e. a panic not caught by
         /// [`std::panic::catch_unwind`]) has no impact on the runtime's
-        /// execution. The panic is error value is forwarded to the task's
+        /// execution. The panic's error value is forwarded to the task's
         /// [`JoinHandle`] and all other spawned tasks continue running.
         ///
         /// The `unhandled_panic` option enables configuring this behavior.