diff --git a/Lib/test/test_capi/test_import.py b/Lib/test/test_capi/test_import.py
index fb3eaa47175395..4512c59f014b75 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_capi/test_import.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_capi/test_import.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def test_importmodulenoblock(self):
             self.check_import_func(_testlimitedcapi.PyImport_ImportModuleNoBlock)
 
     def check_frozen_import(self, import_frozen_module):
-        # Importing a frozen module executes its code, so starts by unloading
+        # Importing a frozen module executes its code, so start by unloading
         # the module to execute the code in a new (temporary) module.
         old_zipimport = sys.modules.pop('zipimport')
         try: