diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index c283ab007..16ae0d674 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -43,5 +43,6 @@ repos:
         stages: [commit-msg]
 exclude: |
   (?x)^(
+    src/taskgraph/run-task/robustcheckout.py |
     taskcluster/scripts/external_tools
   )
diff --git a/src/taskgraph/run-task/robustcheckout.py b/src/taskgraph/run-task/robustcheckout.py
index 68cece7e3..153ca0d73 100644
--- a/src/taskgraph/run-task/robustcheckout.py
+++ b/src/taskgraph/run-task/robustcheckout.py
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ def handlenetworkfailure():
         )
 
         # Do a backoff on retries to mitigate the thundering herd
-        # problem. This is an exponential backoff with a multiplier
+        # problem. This is an exponential backoff with a multipler
         # plus random jitter thrown in for good measure.
         # With the default settings, backoffs will be:
         # 1) 2.5 - 6.5