diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/IO/FileStream.Win32.cs b/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/IO/FileStream.Win32.cs
index edcf8e546eab6ca768e755109a586a31351da554..1c371d54e113e0e0cddb45ce3cff83beb4395ac3 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/IO/FileStream.Win32.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/IO/FileStream.Win32.cs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ private static bool GetDefaultIsAsync(SafeFileHandle handle)
             switch (status)
             {
                 case 0:
-                    // We we're successful
+                    // We were successful
                     break;
                 case Interop.NtDll.STATUS_INVALID_HANDLE:
                     if (!ignoreInvalid)