diff --git a/lib/_http_client.js b/lib/_http_client.js
index e705117ab63c82..e490dce5d821d6 100644
--- a/lib/_http_client.js
+++ b/lib/_http_client.js
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ function socketCloseListener() {
   // is a no-op if no final chunk remains.
   socket.read();
 
-  // NOTE: Its important to get parser here, because it could be freed by
+  // NOTE: It's important to get parser here, because it could be freed by
   // the `socketOnData`.
   var parser = socket.parser;
   req.emit('close');