diff --git a/include/libvfio-user.h b/include/libvfio-user.h
index fb3ab8eb..c0ebc0da 100644
--- a/include/libvfio-user.h
+++ b/include/libvfio-user.h
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ vfu_addr_to_sgl(vfu_ctx_t *vfu_ctx, vfu_dma_addr_t dma_addr, size_t len,
 /**
  * Populate the given iovec array (accessible in the process's virtual memory),
  * based upon the SGL previously built via vfu_addr_to_sgl().
- * It is the caller's responsibility to return the release the iovecs via
+ * It is the caller's responsibility to release the iovecs via
  * vfu_sgl_put().
  *
  * This is only supported when a @dma_unregister callback is provided to