diff --git a/bin/brew b/bin/brew
index b7c5ff98c2..4d6014c858 100755
--- a/bin/brew
+++ b/bin/brew
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ when '-v'
 end
 
 if Process.uid.zero? and not File.stat(HOMEBREW_BREW_FILE).uid.zero?
-  # note we only abort if Homebrew is *not* uninstalled sudo and the user
+  # note we only abort if Homebrew is *not* installed as sudo and the user
   # calls brew as root. The fix is to chown brew to root.
   abort "Cowardly refusing to `sudo brew'"
 end