diff --git a/utils/TableGen/AsmWriterEmitter.cpp b/utils/TableGen/AsmWriterEmitter.cpp
index 9dbf116c693..d7d4bc60605 100644
--- a/utils/TableGen/AsmWriterEmitter.cpp
+++ b/utils/TableGen/AsmWriterEmitter.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 //
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 //
-// This tablegen backend is emits an assembly printer for the current target.
+// This tablegen backend emits an assembly printer for the current target.
 // Note that this is currently fairly skeletal, but will grow over time.
 //
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//