diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index eec5a3e0..8b4b2e07 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ select = [
 #    "LOG", # Flake8 logging issues (pedantic logger formatting issues can be added with "G")
 #    "T20", # Warns for print statments, production code should log
 #    "PT", # pytest linting
-    "RET", # Consistent clear return statments
+    "RET", # Consistent clear return statements
     "RSE", # Raise parentheses
 #    "SIM", # Simplifications detected
     "ARG", # unused arguments
diff --git a/ruff-increased-checking.toml b/ruff-increased-checking.toml
index d15911dc..5973655d 100644
--- a/ruff-increased-checking.toml
+++ b/ruff-increased-checking.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ select = [
     "LOG", # Flake8 logging issues (pedantic logger formatting issues can be added with "G")
     "T20", # Warns for print statments, production code should log
     "PT", # pytest linting
-    "RET", # Consistent clear return statments
+    "RET", # Consistent clear return statements
     "RSE", # Raise parentheses
     "SIM", # Simplifications detected
     "ARG", # unused arguments