diff --git a/build/conf/ideaCE.properties b/build/conf/ideaCE.properties
index 8224c19bad6d..8c86bf315b02 100644
--- a/build/conf/ideaCE.properties
+++ b/build/conf/ideaCE.properties
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # idea.jars.nocopy=false
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
-# The VM option value to be used start the JVM in debug mode.
+# The VM option value to be used to start a JVM in debug mode.
 # Some JREs define it in a different way (-XXdebug in Oracle VM)
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 idea.xdebug.key=-Xdebug