diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Connection.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Connection.php
index a49fcab838682ca87b6fd8dfb1599201a81e733c..94a07d3599dc2d2f0a59a76c8cdbdac357f37a4f 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Connection.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Connection.php
@@ -1711,8 +1711,8 @@ abstract public function nextId($existing_id = 0);
   /**
    * Prepares a statement for execution and returns a statement object
    *
-   * Emulated prepared statements does not communicate with the database server
-   * so this method does not check the statement.
+   * Emulated prepared statements do not communicate with the database server so
+   * this method does not check the statement.
    *
    * @param string $statement
    *   This must be a valid SQL statement for the target database server.