diff --git a/endpoints/api/build.py b/endpoints/api/build.py
index 1456ce8b0..f67939576 100644
--- a/endpoints/api/build.py
+++ b/endpoints/api/build.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def build_status_view(build_obj):
       if datetime.datetime.utcnow() - heartbeat > datetime.timedelta(minutes=1):
         phase = database.BUILD_PHASE.INTERNAL_ERROR
 
-  # If the phase is internal error, return 'error' instead of the number if retries
+  # If the phase is internal error, return 'error' instead if the number of retries
   # on the queue item is 0.
   if phase == database.BUILD_PHASE.INTERNAL_ERROR:
     retry = build_obj.queue_id and dockerfile_build_queue.has_retries_remaining(build_obj.queue_id)