diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/framework.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/framework.dart
index 4f9ace6fda..cc03775bcd 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/framework.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/framework.dart
@@ -1048,11 +1048,11 @@ abstract class State<T extends StatefulWidget> extends Diagnosticable {
   /// If the parent widget rebuilds and request that this location in the tree
   /// update to display a new widget with the same [runtimeType] and
   /// [Widget.key], the framework will update the [widget] property of this
-  /// [State] object to refer to the new widget and then call the this method
+  /// [State] object to refer to the new widget and then call this method
   /// with the previous widget as an argument.
   ///
-  /// Override this method to respond to changes in the [widget] widget (e.g.,
-  /// to start implicit animations).
+  /// Override this method to respond when the [widget] changes (e.g., to start
+  /// implicit animations).
   ///
   /// The framework always calls [build] after calling [didUpdateWidget], which
   /// means any calls to [setState] in [didUpdateWidget] are redundant.