diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/resources/category/java/codestyle.xml b/pmd-java/src/main/resources/category/java/codestyle.xml
index f9770a891b..f222b6cf88 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/resources/category/java/codestyle.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/resources/category/java/codestyle.xml
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ public class Éléphant {}
           externalInfoUrl="${pmd.website.baseurl}/pmd_rules_java_codestyle.html#commentdefaultaccessmodifier">
         <description>
 To avoid mistakes if we want that an Annotation, Class, Enum, Method, Constructor or Field have a default access modifier
-we must add a comment at the beginning of it's declaration.
+we must add a comment at the beginning of its declaration.
 By default the comment must be `/* default */` or `/* package */`, if you want another, you have to provide a regular expression.
 This rule ignores by default all cases that have a @VisibleForTesting annotation. Use the
 property "ignoredAnnotations" to customize the recognized annotations.