diff --git a/tokio/src/net/tcp/stream.rs b/tokio/src/net/tcp/stream.rs
index f07e899ddf8..0504bf2e1ea 100644
--- a/tokio/src/net/tcp/stream.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/net/tcp/stream.rs
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ impl TcpStream {
     /// were written.
     ///
     /// Data is written from each buffer in order, with the final buffer read
-    /// from possible being only partially consumed. This method behaves
+    /// from possibly being only partially consumed. This method behaves
     /// equivalently to a single call to [`try_write()`] with concatenated
     /// buffers.
     ///