diff --git a/esphome/core/scheduler.h b/esphome/core/scheduler.h
index 613053dec6e..d6f9ee2a44e 100644
--- a/esphome/core/scheduler.h
+++ b/esphome/core/scheduler.h
@@ -620,6 +620,7 @@ class Scheduler {
   // Counter for items marked for removal. Incremented cross-thread in cancel_item_locked_().
   // On ESPHOME_THREAD_MULTI_ATOMICS this is read without a lock in the cleanup_() fast path;
   // on ESPHOME_THREAD_MULTI_NO_ATOMICS the fast path is disabled so cleanup_() always takes the lock.
+  // on ESPHOME_THREAD_MULTI_NO_ATOMICS the fast path is disabled so cleanup_() always takes the lock.
 #ifdef ESPHOME_THREAD_MULTI_ATOMICS
   std::atomic<uint32_t> to_remove_{0};
 #else