diff --git a/pd/src/g_canvas.c b/pd/src/g_canvas.c
index 5f51ec290b5c95605366b3966eb6bbb21d025ba1..a7a3e6409ecac5987b8f2238758bb90f2afe26c4 100644
--- a/pd/src/g_canvas.c
+++ b/pd/src/g_canvas.c
@@ -1877,7 +1877,7 @@ static void canvas_declare(t_canvas *x, t_symbol *s, int argc, t_atom *argv)
     patches), then down the system one.  The filename is the concatenation of
     "name" and "ext".  "Name" may be absolute, or may be relative with
     slashes.  If anything can be opened, the true directory
-    ais put in the buffer dirresult (provided by caller), which should
+    is put in the buffer dirresult (provided by caller), which should
     be "size" bytes.  The "nameresult" pointer will be set somewhere in
     the interior of "dirresult" and will give the file basename (with
     slashes trimmed).  If "bin" is set a 'binary' open is