diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
index 22b3f5fe08b139a7762a09ca5410f723c0e590f4..80e95941cb6a386bfef9e3bf6f2a8a59320164a4 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
@@ -3480,7 +3480,7 @@ heap_update(Relation relation, ItemPointer otid, HeapTuple newtup,
 	Assert(ItemPointerIsValid(otid));
 
 	/*
-	 * Forbid this during a parallel operation, lets it allocate a combocid.
+	 * Forbid this during a parallel operation, lest it allocate a combocid.
 	 * Other workers might need that combocid for visibility checks, and we
 	 * have no provision for broadcasting it to them.
 	 */