diff --git a/ansible_base/authentication/authenticator_plugins/saml.py b/ansible_base/authentication/authenticator_plugins/saml.py
index e277dc647..1d23398dd 100644
--- a/ansible_base/authentication/authenticator_plugins/saml.py
+++ b/ansible_base/authentication/authenticator_plugins/saml.py
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ def extra_data(self, user, backend, response, *args, **kwargs):
         data = super().extra_data(user, backend, response, *args, **kwargs)
 
         # Ideally we would always have a DB instance
-        # But if something was mocked in a test or somehow a db_instance just wasn't past in we don't want to error here
+        # But if something was mocked in a test or somehow a db_instance just wasn't passed in we don't want to error here
         if self.database_instance is None:
             return data