diff --git a/src/tools/common.jam b/src/tools/common.jam
index 3c6f59264..3f7c1828e 100644
--- a/src/tools/common.jam
+++ b/src/tools/common.jam
@@ -858,8 +858,8 @@ local rule toolset-tag ( name : type ? : property-set )
             version = 7 ;
         }
     }
-    # On intel, version is not added, because it does not matter and it's the
-    # version of vc used as backend that matters. Ideally, we'd encode the
+    # On intel, version is not added, because it does not matter and it is the
+    # version of vc used as backend that matters. Ideally, we should encode the
     # backend version but that would break compatibility with V1.
     if $(tag) = iw
     {