diff --git a/src/libstore/build/local-derivation-goal.cc b/src/libstore/build/local-derivation-goal.cc
index a9b6a8dbf23e..c91b3c97533f 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build/local-derivation-goal.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/build/local-derivation-goal.cc
@@ -2089,7 +2089,7 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::runChild()
             bool allowLocalNetworking = parsedDrv->getBoolAttr("__darwinAllowLocalNetworking");
 
             /* The tmpDir in scope points at the temporary build directory for our derivation. Some packages try different mechanisms
-               to find temporary directories, so we want to open up a broader place for them to dump their files, if needed. */
+               to find temporary directories, so we want to open up a broader place for them to put their files, if needed. */
             Path globalTmpDir = canonPath(getEnvNonEmpty("TMPDIR").value_or("/tmp"), true);
 
             /* They don't like trailing slashes on subpath directives */