diff --git a/django/utils/http.py b/django/utils/http.py
index cba2a08095..2d162a0fa5 100644
--- a/django/utils/http.py
+++ b/django/utils/http.py
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ def base36_to_int(s):
     input won't fit into an int.
     """
     # To prevent overconsumption of server resources, reject any
-    # base36 string that is long than 13 base36 digits (13 digits
+    # base36 string that is longer than 13 base36 digits (13 digits
     # is sufficient to base36-encode any 64-bit integer)
     if len(s) > 13:
         raise ValueError("Base36 input too large")