diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/io/compressed.cc b/cpp/src/arrow/io/compressed.cc
index b791efeb109dd..6a6fbf40f9628 100644
--- a/cpp/src/arrow/io/compressed.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/arrow/io/compressed.cc
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ class CompressedInputStream::Impl {
     ARROW_ASSIGN_OR_RAISE(auto buf, AllocateResizableBuffer(nbytes, pool_));
     ARROW_ASSIGN_OR_RAISE(int64_t bytes_read, Read(nbytes, buf->mutable_data()));
     RETURN_NOT_OK(buf->Resize(bytes_read));
-    // Using std::move because the some compiler might has issue below:
+    // Using std::move because some compiler might has issue below:
     // https://wg21.cmeerw.net/cwg/issue1579
     return std::move(buf);
   }