diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fd3a35592543..0c320bf02586 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Module.symvers
 /tar-install/
 
 #
-# git files that we don't want to ignore even it they are dot-files
+# git files that we don't want to ignore even if they are dot-files
 #
 !.gitignore
 !.mailmap