diff --git a/Lib/test/test_httplib.py b/Lib/test/test_httplib.py
index a72f6f7..d3bac0f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_httplib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_httplib.py
@@ -213,8 +213,8 @@
         self.assertIn(b'\xa0NonbreakSpace: value', conn._buffer)
 
     def test_ipv6host_header(self):
-        # Default host header on IPv6 transaction should wrapped by [] if
-        # its actual IPv6 address
+        # Default host header on IPv6 transaction should be wrapped by [] if
+        # it is an IPv6 address
         expected = 'GET /foo HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: [2001::]:81\r\n' \
                    'Accept-Encoding: identity\r\n\r\n'
         conn = httplib.HTTPConnection('[2001::]:81')