diff --git a/lib/mail/encodings.rb b/lib/mail/encodings.rb
index 727ae4a95..4894956a8 100644
--- a/lib/mail/encodings.rb
+++ b/lib/mail/encodings.rb
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def Encodings.transcode_charset(str, from_charset, to_charset = 'UTF-8')
     #    param_encode_language 'jp'
     #  end
     #
-    # The character set used for encoding will either be the encoding on the string passed in.
+    # The character set used for encoding will be the encoding on the string passed in.
     #
     # Example:
     #