diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/html.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/html.py
index ad4538b302..f69f26a1e6 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/html.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/html.py
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ class PreProcessor(object):
                    sanitize_head),
                   # Convert all entities, since lxml doesn't handle them well
                   (re.compile(r'&(\S+?);'), convert_entities),
-                  # Remove <![if/endif tags inserted by everybodies darling, MS Word
+                  # Remove the <![if/endif tags inserted by everybody's darling, MS Word
                   (re.compile(r'(?i)<{0,1}!\[(end){0,1}if[^>]*>'), lambda match: ''),
                   ]