diff --git a/src_c/_pygame.h b/src_c/_pygame.h
index d8db2cbaf3..77fcd2cb50 100644
--- a/src_c/_pygame.h
+++ b/src_c/_pygame.h
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ PG_GetSurfaceFormat(SDL_Surface *surf)
 }
 
 // NOTE:
-// palette is part of the format in SDL2, so these functions below have them
+// palette is part of the format in SDL2, so these functions below have it
 // as a separate parameter to be consistent with the SDL3 signature.
 // They are ignoring the palette parameter, but not the palette data.