diff --git a/gc.c b/gc.c index 4bccc30037..d46775cef1 100644 --- a/gc.c +++ b/gc.c @@ -2342,7 +2342,7 @@ id2ref(VALUE obj, VALUE objid) * * Note that some objects of builtin classes are reused for optimization. * This is the case for immediate values and frozen string litterals. - * Immediate values are not passed by reference by are passed by value: + * Immediate values are not passed by reference but are passed by value: * +nil+, +true+, +false+, Fixnums, Symbols. Some Floats may be immediates too. * * Object.new.object_id == Object.new.object_id # => false