diff --git a/meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample b/meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample
index a94b613bac..c27766e901 100644
--- a/meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample
+++ b/meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ PATCHRESOLVE = "noop"
 #
 # Monitor the disk space during the build. If there is less that 1GB of space or less
 # than 100K inodes in any key build location (TMPDIR, DL_DIR, SSTATE_DIR), gracefully
-# shutdown the build. If there is less that 100MB or 1K inodes, perform a hard abort
+# shutdown the build. If there is less than 100MB or 1K inodes, perform a hard abort
 # of the build. The reason for this is that running completely out of space can corrupt
 # files and damages the build in ways which may not be easily recoverable.
 # It's necessary to monitor /tmp, if there is no space left the build will fail