diff --git a/guix/git.scm b/guix/git.scm
index a957773873..1cb87a4560 100644
--- a/guix/git.scm
+++ b/guix/git.scm
@@ -363,8 +363,8 @@ (define (reference-available? repository ref)
   ;; Note: this must not rely on 'resolve-reference', as that procedure always
   ;; resolves the references for branch names such as master.  The semantic we
   ;; want here is that unless the reference is exact (e.g. a commit), the
-  ;; reference should not be considered available, has it could have changed
-  ;; on the remote.
+  ;; reference should not be considered available, as it could have changed on
+  ;; the remote.
   (match ref
     ((or ('commit . commit)
          ('tag-or-commit . (? commit-id? commit)))