diff --git a/lib/std/Thread.zig b/lib/std/Thread.zig
index 07e5b9d23314f59bd4cdd51f23b3bbd1babcaf87..60bbe2c09c8dd13139fb0ce0b49a0bc2d7967cd3 100644
--- a/lib/std/Thread.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Thread.zig
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ pub fn spawn(config: SpawnConfig, comptime function: anytype, args: anytype) Spa
 /// May be an integer or a pointer depending on the platform.
 pub const Handle = Impl.ThreadHandle;
 
-/// Retrns the handle of this thread
+/// Returns the handle of this thread
 pub fn getHandle(self: Thread) Handle {
     return self.impl.getHandle();
 }