diff --git a/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js b/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
index bb9a2b177c4304..789492ca6ed617 100644
--- a/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
+++ b/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 // This file is expected not to perform any asynchronous operations itself
 // when being executed - those should be done in either
 // `lib/internal/bootstrap/pre_execution.js` or in main scripts. The majority
-// of the code here focus on setting up the global proxy and the process
+// of the code here focuses on setting up the global proxy and the process
 // object in a synchronous manner.
 // As special caution is given to the performance of the startup process,
 // many dependencies are invoked lazily.