diff --git a/lib/runtime-c-api/src/error.rs b/lib/runtime-c-api/src/error.rs
index 0a578f9e2..d5fcfe354 100644
--- a/lib/runtime-c-api/src/error.rs
+++ b/lib/runtime-c-api/src/error.rs
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn wasmer_last_error_message(buffer: *mut c_char, length:
     let length = length as usize;
 
     if error_message.len() >= length {
-        // buffer to small to hold the error message
+        // buffer is too small to hold the error message
         return -1;
     }