diff --git a/c/schsig.c b/c/schsig.c
index 18816e15ba..f986bff8b5 100644
--- a/c/schsig.c
+++ b/c/schsig.c
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ static void forward_signal_to_scheme PROTO((INT sig));
     sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK,&set,(sigset_t *)0);\
 }
 
-/* we buffer up to SIGNALQUEUESIZE - 1 unhandled signals, the start dropping them. */
+/* we buffer up to SIGNALQUEUESIZE - 1 unhandled signals, then start dropping them. */
 #define SIGNALQUEUESIZE 64
 static IBOOL scheme_signals_registered;