diff --git a/src/net/http/response.go b/src/net/http/response.go
index 2065a250156..cd9d796c264 100644
--- a/src/net/http/response.go
+++ b/src/net/http/response.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ type Response struct {
 	// The Body is automatically dechunked if the server replied
 	// with a "chunked" Transfer-Encoding.
 	//
-	// As of Go 1.12, the Body will be also implement io.Writer
+	// As of Go 1.12, the Body will also implement io.Writer
 	// on a successful "101 Switching Protocols" response,
 	// as used by WebSockets and HTTP/2's "h2c" mode.
 	Body io.ReadCloser