diff --git a/core/meta/src/TClass.cxx b/core/meta/src/TClass.cxx
index 09d0461edeb9ead35a9ea28ca52453a9fcbc5091..709e8139f14166a0e075758ec98f0dc6a54ae8ce 100644
--- a/core/meta/src/TClass.cxx
+++ b/core/meta/src/TClass.cxx
@@ -1414,7 +1414,7 @@ void TClass::Init(const char *name, Version_t cversion,
          // This is because we do not expect the CINT dictionary
          // to be present for all STL classes (and we can handle
          // the lack of CINT dictionary in that cases).
-         // However, we cling the dictionary no longer carries
+         // However, the cling the dictionary no longer carries
          // an instantiation with it, unless we request the loading
          // here *or* the user explicitly instantiate the template
          // we would not have a ClassInfo for the template