diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 633442f79e9020c1e057858420d212d7f7e3ae08..1692df32244a2341a2b80e5b88ceb527d0b36629 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ static noinline void __init_refok rest_init(void)
 
 	rcu_scheduler_starting();
 	/*
-	 * We need to spawn init first so that it obtains pid-1, however
+	 * We need to spawn init first so that it obtains pid 1, however
 	 * the init task will end up wanting to create kthreads, which, if
 	 * we schedule it before we create kthreadd, will OOPS.
 	 */