diff --git a/library/core/src/mem/manually_drop.rs b/library/core/src/mem/manually_drop.rs
index 955efb9b0f9..e0c3b9f3b51 100644
--- a/library/core/src/mem/manually_drop.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/mem/manually_drop.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use crate::ops::{Deref, DerefMut, DerefPure};
 use crate::ptr;
 
-/// A wrapper to inhibit compiler from automatically calling `T`’s destructor.
+/// A wrapper to inhibit the compiler from automatically calling `T`’s destructor.
 /// This wrapper is 0-cost.
 ///
 /// `ManuallyDrop<T>` is guaranteed to have the same layout and bit validity as