diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/rendering/box.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/rendering/box.dart
index 000fb3d007d..62a481e69e0 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/rendering/box.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/rendering/box.dart
@@ -2708,7 +2708,7 @@ abstract class RenderBox extends RenderObject {
   /// having been called in [hitTest] but cannot rely upon [paint] having been
   /// called. For example, a render object might be a child of a [RenderOpacity]
   /// object, which calls [hitTest] on its children when its opacity is zero
-  /// even through it does not [paint] its children.
+  /// even though it does not [paint] its children.
   bool hitTest(BoxHitTestResult result, { required Offset position }) {
     assert(() {
       if (!hasSize) {
diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/rendering/sliver.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/rendering/sliver.dart
index d2f28b8b7e4..c0a706cf02b 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/rendering/sliver.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/rendering/sliver.dart
@@ -1390,7 +1390,7 @@ abstract class RenderSliver extends RenderObject {
   /// having been called in [hitTest] but cannot rely upon [paint] having been
   /// called. For example, a render object might be a child of a [RenderOpacity]
   /// object, which calls [hitTest] on its children when its opacity is zero
-  /// even through it does not [paint] its children.
+  /// even though it does not [paint] its children.
   ///
   /// ## Coordinates for RenderSliver objects
   ///