diff --git a/src/modules/fw_att_control/FixedwingAttitudeControl.cpp b/src/modules/fw_att_control/FixedwingAttitudeControl.cpp
index 4d26c09d01..50ac73deca 100644
--- a/src/modules/fw_att_control/FixedwingAttitudeControl.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/fw_att_control/FixedwingAttitudeControl.cpp
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ float FixedwingAttitudeControl::get_airspeed_and_update_scaling()
 	/*
 	 * For scaling our actuators using anything less than the stall
 	 * speed doesn't make any sense - its the strongest reasonable deflection we
-	 * want to do in flight and its the baseline a human pilot would choose.
+	 * want to do in flight and it's the baseline a human pilot would choose.
 	 *
 	 * Forcing the scaling to this value allows reasonable handheld tests.
 	 */