diff --git a/src/actions.c b/src/actions.c
index 3500a982..47f42881 100644
--- a/src/actions.c
+++ b/src/actions.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ wSetFocusTo(WScreen *scr, WWindow  *wwin)
 
     /*
      * Safeguard: make sure the timestamp is monotonically increasing
-     * (very unlikely that this will ever be used, still a safeguard)
+     * (very unlikely that this will be needed, still a safeguard)
      */
     if (timestamp <= LastFocusChange)
         timestamp = LastFocusChange + 1;