diff --git a/ignore/src/gitignore.rs b/ignore/src/gitignore.rs
index d661c848..15827fd2 100644
--- a/ignore/src/gitignore.rs
+++ b/ignore/src/gitignore.rs
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ impl Gitignore {
             return Match::None;
         }
         let mut path = self.strip(path.as_ref());
-        assert!(!path.has_root(), "path is expect to be under the root");
+        assert!(!path.has_root(), "path is expected to be under the root");
 
         match self.matched_stripped(path, is_dir) {
             Match::None => (), // walk up