diff --git a/etc/mail/aliases b/etc/mail/aliases
index aafe357765d6..dbd52fc2bbc6 100644
--- a/etc/mail/aliases
+++ b/etc/mail/aliases
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 # AND FUNCTIONS', May 1997
 
 # Pretty much everything else in this file points to "root", so 
-# you would do well in either reading roots mailbox or forwarding
-# roots email from here.
+# you would do well in either reading root's mailbox or forwarding
+# root's email from here.
 
 # root:	me@my.domain