diff --git a/glib/gthread.c b/glib/gthread.c
index ea8e5f965..641900627 100644
--- a/glib/gthread.c
+++ b/glib/gthread.c
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ g_thread_join (GThread *thread)
 /**
  * g_thread_self:
  *
- * This functions returns the #GThread corresponding to the
+ * This function returns the #GThread corresponding to the
  * current thread. Note that this function does not increase
  * the reference count of the returned struct.
  *