diff --git a/src/execute.c b/src/execute.c
index 5483b6949ea..9fe0a05767b 100644
--- a/src/execute.c
+++ b/src/execute.c
@@ -968,9 +968,9 @@ int exec_spawn(ExecCommand *command,
                         goto fail;
                 }
 
-                /* Close sockets very early to make sure we don' block
-                 * init reexecution because it cannot bind its sockets
-                 * or so */
+                /* Close sockets very early to make sure we don't
+                 * block init reexecution because it cannot bind its
+                 * sockets */
                 if (close_all_fds(fds, n_fds) < 0) {
                         r = EXIT_FDS;
                         goto fail;