diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-tasks/protos/google/cloud/tasks/v2beta2/queue.proto b/packages/google-cloud-tasks/protos/google/cloud/tasks/v2beta2/queue.proto
index 1cc44651dcd..f988d80cf5c 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-tasks/protos/google/cloud/tasks/v2beta2/queue.proto
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-tasks/protos/google/cloud/tasks/v2beta2/queue.proto
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ message Queue {
 
   // Output only. The state of the queue.
   //
-  // `state` can only be changed by called
+  // `state` can only be changed by calling
   // [PauseQueue][google.cloud.tasks.v2beta2.CloudTasks.PauseQueue],
   // [ResumeQueue][google.cloud.tasks.v2beta2.CloudTasks.ResumeQueue], or uploading
   // [queue.yaml/xml](https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/python/config/queueref).
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-tasks/protos/google/cloud/tasks/v2beta3/queue.proto b/packages/google-cloud-tasks/protos/google/cloud/tasks/v2beta3/queue.proto
index 2b042a12fbf..acf5a7f4b6f 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-tasks/protos/google/cloud/tasks/v2beta3/queue.proto
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-tasks/protos/google/cloud/tasks/v2beta3/queue.proto
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ message Queue {
 
   // Output only. The state of the queue.
   //
-  // `state` can only be changed by called
+  // `state` can only be changed by calling
   // [PauseQueue][google.cloud.tasks.v2beta3.CloudTasks.PauseQueue],
   // [ResumeQueue][google.cloud.tasks.v2beta3.CloudTasks.ResumeQueue], or uploading
   // [queue.yaml/xml](https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/python/config/queueref).