diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/misc/returnvar.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/misc/returnvar.cocci
index 605955a91c44..d8286ef5307f 100644
--- a/scripts/coccinelle/misc/returnvar.cocci
+++ b/scripts/coccinelle/misc/returnvar.cocci
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ///
-/// Removes unneeded variable used to store return value.
+/// Remove unneeded variable used to store return value.
 ///
 // Confidence: Moderate
 // Copyright: (C) 2012 Peter Senna Tschudin, INRIA/LIP6.  GPLv2.