diff --git a/packages/jupyter-ai/src/components/statusbar-item.tsx b/packages/jupyter-ai/src/components/statusbar-item.tsx
index 130dada6a..1cd2aa5c5 100644
--- a/packages/jupyter-ai/src/components/statusbar-item.tsx
+++ b/packages/jupyter-ai/src/components/statusbar-item.tsx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export class JaiStatusItem
   }
 
   /**
-   * Returns where the status item has any menu items.
+   * Returns whether the status item has any menu items.
    */
   hasItems(): boolean {
     return this._items.length !== 0;