diff --git a/src/libstd/fs.rs b/src/libstd/fs.rs
index 528d903b8b018..69843199348b5 100644
--- a/src/libstd/fs.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/fs.rs
@@ -1545,7 +1545,7 @@ pub fn create_dir<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> io::Result<()> {
 /// determined to not exist) are outlined by `fs::create_dir`.
 ///
 /// Notable exception is made for situations where any of the directories
-/// specified in the `path` could not be created as it was created concurrently.
+/// specified in the `path` could not be created as it was being created concurrently.
 /// Such cases are considered success. In other words: calling `create_dir_all`
 /// concurrently from multiple threads or processes is guaranteed to not fail
 /// due to race itself.