diff --git a/src/backend/commands/copy.c b/src/backend/commands/copy.c
index 231c3907595..fbf04861a10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/copy.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/copy.c
@@ -2961,7 +2961,7 @@ CopyFromInsertBatch(CopyState cstate, EState *estate, CommandId mycid,
 
 	/*
 	 * Print error context information correctly, if one of the operations
-	 * below fail.
+	 * below fails.
 	 */
 	cstate->line_buf_valid = false;
 	save_cur_lineno = cstate->cur_lineno;