diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/ddl.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/ddl.scala
index 766cd86263af7..f0219efbf9a98 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/ddl.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/ddl.scala
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ case class AlterTableRecoverPartitionsCommand(
       dropPartSpecs,
       ignoreIfNotExists = true,
       purge = false,
-      // Since we have already checked that the partition directory does not exist, we can avoid
+      // Since we have already checked that partition directories do not exist, we can avoid
       // additional calls to the file system at the catalog side by setting this flag.
       retainData = true)
     dropPartSpecs.length