diff --git a/gtk/gtkpopover.c b/gtk/gtkpopover.c
index d593e4ae3b..a73b7765cb 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkpopover.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkpopover.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
  *
  * ## GtkPopover as menu replacement
  *
- * `GtkPopover` is often used to replace menus. The best was to do this
+ * `GtkPopover` is often used to replace menus. The best way to do this
  * is to use the [class@Gtk.PopoverMenu] subclass which supports being
  * populated from a `GMenuModel` with [ctor@Gtk.PopoverMenu.new_from_model].
  *