diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/lib.rs
index d5530c47680..7d51cee307e 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 //! This crate contains codegen code that is used by all codegen backends (LLVM and others).
 //! The backend-agnostic functions of this crate use functions defined in various traits that
-//! have to be implemented by each backends.
+//! have to be implemented by each backend.
 
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate rustc_macros;