diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/detach_ancestor.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/detach_ancestor.rs
index 9d1f452e49..36385d1946 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/detach_ancestor.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/detach_ancestor.rs
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ pub(super) async fn complete(
     let reparented_all = reparenting_candidates == reparented.len();
 
     if reparented_all {
-        // FIXME: we must return 503 kind of response in the end; do the restart anyways because
+        // FIXME: we must return 503 kind of response in the end and do the restart anyways because
         // otherwise the runtime state remains diverged
         tracing::info!(
             reparented = reparented.len(),