diff --git a/matlab/test/arrow/array/list/tFromMATLAB.m b/matlab/test/arrow/array/list/tFromMATLAB.m
index 2e62a38c4372a..ebc79ec0fd98b 100644
--- a/matlab/test/arrow/array/list/tFromMATLAB.m
+++ b/matlab/test/arrow/array/list/tFromMATLAB.m
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ function OnlyEmptyElement(testCase)
 
         function CellOfEmptyCell(testCase)
             % Verify fromMATLAB creates a ListArray whose Values property
-            % is StringArray when given a cell array containing just an
+            % is a StringArray when given a cell array containing just an
             % empty cell array.
             import arrow.array.ListArray