diff --git a/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog b/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
index 6032a1a6a3e..201f4dc3228 100644
--- a/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-09-03  Tobias Burnus  <burnus@net-b.de>
+
+	* class.c (finalize_component): Fixes to the comment.
+
 2012-09-03  Alessandro Fanfarillo  <fanfarillo.gcc@gmail.com>
 	    Tobias Burnus  <burnus@net-b.de>
 
diff --git a/gcc/fortran/class.c b/gcc/fortran/class.c
index 38a4ddb5302..71065d25841 100644
--- a/gcc/fortran/class.c
+++ b/gcc/fortran/class.c
@@ -720,8 +720,8 @@ has_finalizer_component (gfc_symbol *derived)
 
 /* Call DEALLOCATE for the passed component if it is allocatable, if it is
    neither allocatable nor a pointer but has a finalizer, call it. If it
-   is a nonpointer component with allocatable or finalizes components, walk
-   them. Either of the is required; other nonallocatables and pointers aren't
+   is a nonpointer component with allocatable components or has finalizers, walk
+   them. Either of them is required; other nonallocatables and pointers aren't
    handled gracefully.
    Note: If the component is allocatable, the DEALLOCATE handling takes care
    of calling the appropriate finalizers, coarray deregistering, and