diff --git a/packages/react-reconciler/src/__tests__/ReactHooks-test.internal.js b/packages/react-reconciler/src/__tests__/ReactHooks-test.internal.js
index bde8b4831abd4..7bece8ee1aef5 100644
--- a/packages/react-reconciler/src/__tests__/ReactHooks-test.internal.js
+++ b/packages/react-reconciler/src/__tests__/ReactHooks-test.internal.js
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ describe('ReactHooks', () => {
     expect(root).toMatchRenderedOutput('1');
 
     // Update to the same state. React doesn't know if the queue is empty
-    // because the alterate fiber has pending update priority, so we have to
+    // because the alternate fiber has pending update priority, so we have to
     // enter the render phase before we can bail out. But we bail out before
     // rendering the child, and we don't fire any effects.
     act(() => setCounter(1));