diff --git a/include/curl/curl.h b/include/curl/curl.h
index 1e7f3b3fb..d87942376 100644
--- a/include/curl/curl.h
+++ b/include/curl/curl.h
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ typedef enum {
   CURLE_WRITE_ERROR,             /* 23 */
   CURLE_OBSOLETE24,              /* 24 - NOT USED */
   CURLE_UPLOAD_FAILED,           /* 25 - failed upload "command" */
-  CURLE_READ_ERROR,              /* 26 - could open/read from file */
+  CURLE_READ_ERROR,              /* 26 - couldn't open/read from file */
   CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY,           /* 27 */
   /* Note: CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY may sometimes indicate a conversion error
            instead of a memory allocation error if CURL_DOES_CONVERSIONS