diff --git a/instrumentation/runtime/runtime.go b/instrumentation/runtime/runtime.go
index c24337fd814..2e0610429a6 100644
--- a/instrumentation/runtime/runtime.go
+++ b/instrumentation/runtime/runtime.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
 )
 
-// ScopeName the instrumentation scope name for identifying meters.
+// ScopeName is the instrumentation scope name.
 const ScopeName string = "go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/runtime"
 
 // Runtime reports the work-in-progress conventional runtime metrics specified by OpenTelemetry.