diff --git a/sbin/growfs/debug.c b/sbin/growfs/debug.c
index 456e67dbc5c..bfff2acad2b 100644
--- a/sbin/growfs/debug.c
+++ b/sbin/growfs/debug.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static FILE		*dbg_log = NULL;
 static unsigned int	indent = 0;
 
 /*
- * prototypes not done here, as they come with debug.h
+ * prototypes are not done here, as they come with debug.h
  */
 
 /*