diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/EZGameControl.as b/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/EZGameControl.as
index 559086f4..e64dc5b6 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/EZGameControl.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/EZGameControl.as
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ public class EZGameControl extends BaseControl
     }
 
     /**
-     * Requests a check to see if the dictionary for the given locale contains the given word.
+     * Checks to see if the dictionary for the given locale contains the given word.
      *
      * @param RFC 3066 string that represents language settings
      * @param word the string contains the word to be checked