diff --git a/src/json.rs b/src/json.rs
index b0db894..0dcdfb9 100644
--- a/src/json.rs
+++ b/src/json.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 //! An object is a series of string keys mapping to values, in `"key": value`
 //! format.  Arrays are enclosed in square brackets ([ ... ]) and objects in
 //! curly brackets ({ ... }).  A simple JSON document encoding a person,
-//! his/her age, address and phone numbers could look like
+//! their age, address and phone numbers could look like
 //!
 //! ```ignore
 //! {