diff --git a/.changeset/chilly-bananas-train.md b/.changeset/chilly-bananas-train.md
index 2a977b3925..b0305f9e61 100644
--- a/.changeset/chilly-bananas-train.md
+++ b/.changeset/chilly-bananas-train.md
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 'svelte': patch
 ---
 
-Fix double event processing in firefox due to event object being garbage collected (#16522)
+fix: double event processing in firefox due to event object being garbage collected
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/events.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/events.js
index 7f676c4aff..19bd1cfa18 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/events.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/events.js
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ export function delegate(events) {
 
 // used to store the reference to the currently propagated event
 // to prevent garbage collection between microtasks in Firefox
-// If the event object is GCed to early, the expando __root property
+// If the event object is GCed too early, the expando __root property
 // set on the event object is lost, causing the event delegation
 // to process the event twice
 let last_propagated_event = null;