diff --git a/tracing/src/lib.rs b/tracing/src/lib.rs
index 256d9b08e3..a12f402947 100644
--- a/tracing/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tracing/src/lib.rs
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 //! ```
 //!
 //! For functions which don't have built-in tracing support and can't have
-//! the `#[instrument]` attribute applied (such as from an external crate,
+//! the `#[instrument]` attribute applied (such as from an external crate),
 //! the [`Span` struct][`Span`] has a [`in_scope()` method][`in_scope`]
 //! which can be used to easily wrap synchonous code in a span.
 //!