diff --git a/sqlx-core/src/postgres/types/raw/array.rs b/sqlx-core/src/postgres/types/raw/array.rs
index 9356fa94..e5fe0465 100644
--- a/sqlx-core/src/postgres/types/raw/array.rs
+++ b/sqlx-core/src/postgres/types/raw/array.rs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ where
         let el_len_index = self.buf.len();
         self.buf.put_i32::<BE>(0);
 
-        // Allocate the element it self
+        // Allocate and encode the element it self
         let el_start = self.buf.len();
 
         if let IsNull::Yes = Encode::<Postgres>::encode_nullable(&item, self.buf) {
diff --git a/tests/postgres-macros.rs b/tests/postgres-macros.rs
index bcea189d..adf71b96 100644
--- a/tests/postgres-macros.rs
+++ b/tests/postgres-macros.rs
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ async fn test_array_from_slice() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     let list: &[i32] = &[1, 2, 3, 4i32];
 
-    let result = sqlx::query!("SELECT $1::int[] as my_array", *list)
+    let result = sqlx::query!("SELECT $1::int[] as my_array", list)
         .fetch_one(&mut conn)
         .await?;