diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
index 2eb04d661d..4041f9cc5a 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
@@ -3019,7 +3019,7 @@ heap_delete(Relation relation, ItemPointer tid,
 	Assert(ItemPointerIsValid(tid));
 
 	/*
-	 * 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.
 	 */