diff --git a/Lib/distutils/cygwinccompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/cygwinccompiler.py
index c72a249..258e138 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/cygwinccompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/cygwinccompiler.py
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
 # class Mingw32CCompiler
 
 # Because these compilers aren't configured in Python's pyconfig.h file by
-# default, we should at least warn the user if he is using a unmodified
+# default, we should at least warn the user if he is using an unmodified
 # version.
 
 CONFIG_H_OK = "ok"