diff --git a/Lib/distutils/errors.py b/Lib/distutils/errors.py
index bec34645112..963d83377c0 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/errors.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/errors.py
@@ -5,11 +5,9 @@ modules may raise standard exceptions; in particular, SystemExit is
 usually raised for errors that are obviously the end-user's fault
 (eg. bad command-line arguments).
 
-This module safe to use in "from ... import *" mode; it only exports
+This module is safe to use in "from ... import *" mode; it only exports
 symbols whose names start with "Distutils" and end with "Error"."""
 
-# created 1999/03/03, Greg Ward
-
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 class DistutilsError (Exception):