diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/text/CHeuristicScanner.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/text/CHeuristicScanner.java
index bdb6e249a2f..9c142012e8d 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/text/CHeuristicScanner.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/text/CHeuristicScanner.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import org.eclipse.cdt.ui.text.ICPartitions;
 /**
  * Utility methods for heuristic based C manipulations in an incomplete C source file.
  *
- * <p>An instance holds some internal position in the document and is therefore not threadsafe.</p>
+ * <p>An instance holds some internal position in the document and is therefore not thread-safe.</p>
  */
 public final class CHeuristicScanner implements Symbols {
 	/**