diff --git a/matlab/src/matlab/+arrow/+io/+ipc/RecordBatchFileWriter.m b/matlab/src/matlab/+arrow/+io/+ipc/RecordBatchFileWriter.m
index bfe48c02b6490..ee1298c23706f 100644
--- a/matlab/src/matlab/+arrow/+io/+ipc/RecordBatchFileWriter.m
+++ b/matlab/src/matlab/+arrow/+io/+ipc/RecordBatchFileWriter.m
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%RECORDBATCHFILEWRITER Class for serializing record batches the IPC File
+%RECORDBATCHFILEWRITER Class for serializing record batches to the Arrow IPC File
 % format.
 
 % Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more