diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 3a2893afc9d..1e5fa003bd6 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ linters:
     - errorlint # errorlint is a linter for that can be used to find code that will cause problems with the error wrapping scheme introduced in Go 1.13.
     - goconst # finds repeated strings that could be replaced by a constant
     - dupl # tool for code clone detection
-    - forbidigo # forbids identifiers	by reg exps
+    - forbidigo # forbids identifiers	matched by reg exps
     - gomoddirectives # manage the use of 'replace', 'retract', and 'excludes' directives in go.mod.
     - gosimple # linter for Go source code that specializes in simplifying a code
     - misspell # finds commonly misspelled English words in comments