diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/aio/callback_common.pyx.pxi b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/aio/callback_common.pyx.pxi
index b10382ef7ee..41d2ea5012d 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/aio/callback_common.pyx.pxi
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/aio/callback_common.pyx.pxi
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ async def _receive_message(GrpcCallWrapper grpc_call_wrapper,
         # Since they all indicates finish, they are better be merged.
         _LOGGER.debug('Failed to receive any message from Core')
     # NOTE(lidiz) The returned message might be an empty bytess (aka. b'').
-    # Please explicitly check if it is None or falsified string object!
+    # Please explicitly check if it is None or falsey string object!
     return receive_op.message()