diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 721dd7b985..6b57caab85 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 # https://packaging.python.org/discussions/install-requires-vs-requirements /
 # keep the meta-data here for simplicity in reading this file... it's not obvious
-# what happens and to non-engineers they won't know to look in init...
+# what happens and to non-engineers they won't know to look in init ...
 # the goal of the project is simplicity for researchers, don't want to add too much
 # engineer specific practices
 setup(