diff --git a/src/fns.c b/src/fns.c
index 65dc3b61f2b..b2b209e1e8a 100644
--- a/src/fns.c
+++ b/src/fns.c
@@ -3112,7 +3112,7 @@ dynamic module files, in that order; but the function will not try to
 load the file without any suffix.  See `get-load-suffixes' for the
 complete list of suffixes.
 
-To find the file, this function searches that directories in `load-path'.
+To find the file, this function searches the directories in `load-path'.
 
 If the optional third argument NOERROR is non-nil, then, if
 the file is not found, the function returns nil instead of signaling