diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tls-cnnic-whitelist.js b/test/parallel/test-tls-cnnic-whitelist.js
index 80f188f36670a1..37a96e4eb7e0c0 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-tls-cnnic-whitelist.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-tls-cnnic-whitelist.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function loadPEM(n) {
 }
 
 const testCases = [
-  { // Test 0: for the check of a cert not existed in the whitelist.
+  { // Test 0: for the check of a cert not in the whitelist.
     // agent7-cert.pem is issued by the fake CNNIC root CA so that its
     // hash is not listed in the whitelist.
     // fake-cnnic-root-cert has the same subject name as the original