diff --git a/lib_libwasmvm.go b/lib_libwasmvm.go
index 07adaf1ae..f3aa6f13e 100644
--- a/lib_libwasmvm.go
+++ b/lib_libwasmvm.go
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ func (vm *VM) IBCPacketAck(
 }
 
 // IBCPacketTimeout is available on IBC-enabled contracts and is called when an
-// outgoing packet (previously sent by this contract) will provably never be executed.
+// outgoing packet (previously sent by this contract) will probably never be executed.
 // Usually handled like ack returning an error
 func (vm *VM) IBCPacketTimeout(
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