diff --git a/gcc/cp/call.c b/gcc/cp/call.c
index 29aed980ee154b1f3a435303d41e7400b910b872..57b1765271a04f9d1bb346573825b90770924935 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/call.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/call.c
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ struct z_candidate {
   tree access_path;
   /* If FN is a non-static member function, the binfo indicating the
      subobject to which the `this' pointer should be converted if FN
-     is selected by overload resolution.  The type pointed to the by
+     is selected by overload resolution.  The type pointed to by
      the `this' pointer must correspond to the most derived class
      indicated by the CONVERSION_PATH.  */
   tree conversion_path;