diff --git a/lib/events.js b/lib/events.js
index d676580df3398f..c77afb8e71ebff 100644
--- a/lib/events.js
+++ b/lib/events.js
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ EventEmitter.prototype.prependOnceListener =
       return this;
     };
 
-// emits a 'removeListener' event iff the listener was removed
+// emits a 'removeListener' event if the listener was removed
 EventEmitter.prototype.removeListener =
     function removeListener(type, listener) {
       var list, events, position, i, originalListener;