diff --git a/botocore/args.py b/botocore/args.py
index b5d9a8752a..5fad09e69d 100644
--- a/botocore/args.py
+++ b/botocore/args.py
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ def _compute_checksum_config(self, config_kwargs):
         )
 
     def _resolve_protocol(self, service_model):
-        # If a service does not have a `protocols trait`, fall back to the legacy
+        # If a service does not have a `protocols` trait, fall back to the legacy
         # `protocol` trait
         if 'protocols' not in service_model.metadata:
             return service_model.metadata['protocol']