diff --git a/lib/events.js b/lib/events.js
index c49df9fab84f46..742b629d87fcc1 100644
--- a/lib/events.js
+++ b/lib/events.js
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ EventEmitter.prototype.prependOnceListener =
       return this;
     };
 
-// emits a 'removeListener' event iff the listener was removed
+// Emits a 'removeListener' event if and only if the listener was removed.
 EventEmitter.prototype.removeListener =
     function removeListener(type, listener) {
       var list, events, position, i, originalListener;