diff --git a/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/atom_feed_helper.rb b/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/atom_feed_helper.rb
index dba70e284ed7ae01faec9565a605404b5803c3df..c875f5870fe7db02e86d00335c222857aae2e93d 100644
--- a/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/atom_feed_helper.rb
+++ b/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/atom_feed_helper.rb
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ def initialize(xml)
         end
 
         private
-          # Delegate to xml builder, first wrapping the element in a xhtml
+          # Delegate to xml builder, first wrapping the element in an xhtml
           # namespaced div element if the method and arguments indicate
           # that an xhtml_block? is desired.
           def method_missing(method, *arguments, &block)