diff --git a/esphome/cpp_generator.py b/esphome/cpp_generator.py
index 3b7b78dc90..8abebd8b6e 100644
--- a/esphome/cpp_generator.py
+++ b/esphome/cpp_generator.py
@@ -450,8 +450,8 @@ class ComponentMarker(Statement):
     (e.g. ``cg.get_variable``) and re-schedule by priority, which
     means a component's later statements can land between a different
     component's earlier statements. This is semantically safe because
-    every statement placement-news into static storage or mutates a
-    global already declared at file scope."""
+    every statement either uses placement new into static storage or
+    mutates a global already declared at file scope."""
 
     __slots__ = ("name",)