diff --git a/msgp/write.go b/msgp/write.go
index 55192222..871ceb18 100644
--- a/msgp/write.go
+++ b/msgp/write.go
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ func (mw *Writer) flush() error {
 // data to the underlying writer.
 func (mw *Writer) Flush() error { return mw.flush() }
 
-// Buffered returns the number bytes in the write buffer
+// Buffered returns the number of bytes available in the write buffer
 func (mw *Writer) Buffered() int { return len(mw.buf) - mw.wloc }
 
 func (mw *Writer) avail() int { return len(mw.buf) - mw.wloc }