diff --git a/jetty-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http/HttpParser.java b/jetty-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http/HttpParser.java
index 4bede98b1e8..f54d02b973a 100644
--- a/jetty-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http/HttpParser.java
+++ b/jetty-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http/HttpParser.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import org.eclipse.jetty.util.log.Logger;
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
 /** A Parser for HTTP 0.9, 1.0 and 1.1
  * <p>
- * The is parser parses HTTP client and server messages from buffers
+ * This parser parses HTTP client and server messages from buffers
  * passed in the {@link #parseNext(ByteBuffer)} method.  The parsed
  * elements of the HTTP message are passed as event calls to the 
  * {@link HttpHandler} instance the parser is constructed with.