diff --git a/rest_framework/filters.py b/rest_framework/filters.py
index 65233978e..c377cec0d 100644
--- a/rest_framework/filters.py
+++ b/rest_framework/filters.py
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class SearchFilter(BaseFilterBackend):
             # Filtering against a many-to-many field requires us to
             # call queryset.distinct() in order to avoid duplicate items
             # in the resulting queryset.
-            # We try to avoid this is possible, for performance reasons.
+            # We try to avoid this if possible, for performance reasons.
             queryset = distinct(queryset, base)
         return queryset