diff --git a/src/event/modules/ngx_kqueue_module.c b/src/event/modules/ngx_kqueue_module.c
index 28966fe..6f06884 100644
--- a/src/event/modules/ngx_kqueue_module.c
+++ b/src/event/modules/ngx_kqueue_module.c
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
     }
 
     /*
-     * when the file descriptor is closed a kqueue automatically deletes
+     * when the file descriptor is closed the kqueue automatically deletes
      * its filters so we do not need to delete explicity the event
      * before the closing the file descriptor.
      */