diff --git a/glib/gstring.c b/glib/gstring.c
index 9473f0109..2f89551f6 100644
--- a/glib/gstring.c
+++ b/glib/gstring.c
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ g_string_free_to_bytes (GString *string)
  * Compares two strings for equality, returning %TRUE if they are equal.
  * For use with #GHashTable.
  *
- * Returns: %TRUE if they strings are the same length and contain the
+ * Returns: %TRUE if the strings are the same length and contain the
  *     same bytes
  */
 gboolean