diff --git a/sumpy/version.py b/sumpy/version.py
index 653ac04774b6e8c4bdc6ae724df410ceac2d4d3c..9a2a49f1d30227923eaa5a4c9c875bf637c9420e 100644
--- a/sumpy/version.py
+++ b/sumpy/version.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ else:
     _git_rev = _git_rev_mod.GIT_REVISION
 
     # If we're running from a dev tree, the last install (and hence the most
-    # recent update of the above git rev could have taken place very long ago.
+    # recent update of the above git rev) could have taken place very long ago.
     from pytools import find_module_git_revision
     _runtime_git_rev = find_module_git_revision(__file__, n_levels_up=1)
     if _runtime_git_rev is not None: