diff --git a/include/SDL3/SDL_atomic.h b/include/SDL3/SDL_atomic.h
index 5e29ba007a..65a6a4e44d 100644
--- a/include/SDL3/SDL_atomic.h
+++ b/include/SDL3/SDL_atomic.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ extern "C" {
  * They are also vulnerable to starvation if the thread holding
  * the lock is lower priority than other threads and doesn't get
  * scheduled. In general you should use mutexes instead, since
- * in general they have better performance and contention behavior.
+ * they have better performance and contention behavior.
  *
  * The atomic locks are not safe to lock recursively.
  *