diff --git a/library/core/src/net/ip_addr.rs b/library/core/src/net/ip_addr.rs
index 8bf15c736c34b..1ef876a3163c9 100644
--- a/library/core/src/net/ip_addr.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/net/ip_addr.rs
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ impl IpAddr {
     }
 
     /// Converts this address to an `IpAddr::V4` if it is an IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses, otherwise it
-    /// return `self` as-is.
+    /// returns `self` as-is.
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///