diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 67b18a80ed6a288944d12df4fd49e812783ab869..4e6781727aa5d9f5290e249575c87c2d192b6dd5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Makefile.coq: _CoqProject Makefile awk.Makefile
 
 # Install build-dependencies
 build-dep/opam: opam Makefile
-	# Create the build-dep package.
+	# Creating the build-dep package.
 	@mkdir -p build-dep
 	@sed <opam -E 's/^(build|install|remove):.*/\1: []/; s/^name: *"(.*)" */name: "\1-builddep"/' >build-dep/opam
 	@fgrep builddep build-dep/opam >/dev/null || (echo "sed failed to fix the package name" && exit 1) # sanity check