diff --git a/src/lib/crypto/hmac/hmac.go b/src/lib/crypto/hmac/hmac.go
index 0b9a08012d..a3f47ccc9f 100644
--- a/src/lib/crypto/hmac/hmac.go
+++ b/src/lib/crypto/hmac/hmac.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 // The hmac package implements the Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC)
 // as defined in U.S. Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 198.
-// An HMAC is a cryptographic hash attesting that uses a key to sign a message.
+// An HMAC is a cryptographic hash that uses a key to sign a message.
 // The receiver verifies the hash by recomputing it using the same key.
 package hmac