diff --git a/include/share/getopt.h b/include/share/getopt.h
index 9d8b36e2..1b314b2e 100644
--- a/include/share/getopt.h
+++ b/include/share/getopt.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 	GNU/Linux, Darwin, AND Solaris please submit it on the project page:
 		http://sourceforge.net/projects/flac
 
-	In the meantime I have munged the global symbols and remove gates
+	In the meantime I have munged the global symbols and removed gates
 	around code, while at the same time trying to touch the original as
 	little as possible.
 */
diff --git a/src/share/getopt/getopt.c b/src/share/getopt/getopt.c
index 3449d31c..1e90fa8a 100644
--- a/src/share/getopt/getopt.c
+++ b/src/share/getopt/getopt.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 	GNU/Linux, Darwin, AND Solaris please submit it on the project page:
 		http://sourceforge.net/projects/flac
 
-	In the meantime I have munged the global symbols and remove gates
+	In the meantime I have munged the global symbols and removed gates
 	around code, while at the same time trying to touch the original as
 	little as possible.
 */
diff --git a/src/share/getopt/getopt1.c b/src/share/getopt/getopt1.c
index 633d403c..6c8c1cae 100644
--- a/src/share/getopt/getopt1.c
+++ b/src/share/getopt/getopt1.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 	GNU/Linux, Darwin, AND Solaris please submit it on the project page:
 		http://sourceforge.net/projects/flac
 
-	In the meantime I have munged the global symbols and remove gates
+	In the meantime I have munged the global symbols and removed gates
 	around code, while at the same time trying to touch the original as
 	little as possible.
 */