diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigControl/TrigPSC/src/Psc.cxx b/HLT/Trigger/TrigControl/TrigPSC/src/Psc.cxx
index 8135e5866e3f1655d3e77d79fa00b7a0fc08abec..0d06488d73591f3cf37ca5300414d593a408a2c9 100644
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigControl/TrigPSC/src/Psc.cxx
+++ b/HLT/Trigger/TrigControl/TrigPSC/src/Psc.cxx
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ bool psc::Psc::prepareForRun (const ptree& args)
 
     // This dance is needed to prevent RV optimization.
     // Otherwise, the optimizer loses the ATLAS_THREAD_SAFE attribute
-e    // on RET before the thread-safety checker gets to see the code.
+    // on RET before the thread-safety checker gets to see the code.
     if (ret.isSuccess()) {
       return StatusCode (StatusCode::SUCCESS);
     }