diff --git a/pkg/hs/urbit-king/lib/Urbit/Vere/Ames.hs b/pkg/hs/urbit-king/lib/Urbit/Vere/Ames.hs
index f47740cc1f..57142bbed7 100644
--- a/pkg/hs/urbit-king/lib/Urbit/Vere/Ames.hs
+++ b/pkg/hs/urbit-king/lib/Urbit/Vere/Ames.hs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import Urbit.Vere.Ames.UDP (UdpServ(..), fakeUdpServ, realUdpServ)
 
 -- Constants -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
--- | How many unprocessed ames packets to allow in the queue before we stop
+-- | How many unprocessed ames packets to allow in the queue before we start
 -- dropping incoming packets.
 queueBound :: Word
 queueBound = 1000