diff --git a/src/libstd/thread/mod.rs b/src/libstd/thread/mod.rs
index c35676f2709..2ae62f8c3e0 100644
--- a/src/libstd/thread/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/thread/mod.rs
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ pub fn spawn<F, T>(self, f: F) -> io::Result<JoinHandle<T>> where
 ///   *by value* from the thread where it is spawned to the new thread. Its
 ///   return value will need to be passed from the new thread to the thread
 ///   where it is `join`ed.
-///   As a reminder, the [`Send`] marker trait, expresses that it is safe to be
+///   As a reminder, the [`Send`] marker trait expresses that it is safe to be
 ///   passed from thread to thread. [`Sync`] expresses that it is safe to have a
 ///   reference be passed from thread to thread.
 ///