diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
index 387c4287fc74114001a7a7c45e90cdca5dc4233c..fcd1c176c160d6ab4cb33130b9f71399abadb86a 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ static void handle_thermal_trip(struct thermal_zone_device *tz, int trip)
 }
 
 /**
- * thermal_zone_get_temp() - returns its the temperature of thermal zone
+ * thermal_zone_get_temp() - returns the temperature of a thermal zone
  * @tz: a valid pointer to a struct thermal_zone_device
  * @temp: a valid pointer to where to store the resulting temperature.
  *