diff --git a/src/schema/README.md b/src/schema/README.md
index 5a01d321fe6e..7cc3e698b523 100644
--- a/src/schema/README.md
+++ b/src/schema/README.md
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ For schemas we want to conveniently access from the global registry, like
 `:schema.common/theme`, they must be registered before Malli tries to use them.
 
 ```clojure
-;; bad, will throw error if :schema.common/bar is not registered.
+;; bad, will fail if :schema.common/bar is not registered.
 (def ^:private ?foo
   (malli.util/select-keys :schema.common/bar [:id :name]))