diff --git a/tracing-core/src/field.rs b/tracing-core/src/field.rs
index 04b8e1b297..84936c51a0 100644
--- a/tracing-core/src/field.rs
+++ b/tracing-core/src/field.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 //! # `Value`s and `Subscriber`s
 //!
 //! `Subscriber`s consume `Value`s as fields attached to [span]s or [`Event`]s.
-//! The set of field keys on a given span or is defined on its [`Metadata`].
+//! The set of field keys on a given span or event is defined on its [`Metadata`].
 //! When a span is created, it provides [`Attributes`] to the `Subscriber`'s
 //! [`new_span`] method, containing any fields whose values were provided when
 //! the span was created; and may call the `Subscriber`'s [`record`] method