diff --git a/src/tools/pgindent/pgindent b/src/tools/pgindent/pgindent
index 913f09823dff73316ffde9feebc62f0b8fcac006..c0ea6255a5f8ac762d27f4eb69e0220aa2b1e07e 100755
--- a/src/tools/pgindent/pgindent
+++ b/src/tools/pgindent/pgindent
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ do
 			if (line1 ~ "^extern[ 	]*\"C\"" &&
 			    line2 ~ "^{[ 	]*$")
 			{
-				# don't print first line
+				# do not print first line
 				print "/* Open extern \"C\" */";
 				line2 = "";
 				skips = 2;