diff --git a/modules/juce_core/memory/juce_ReferenceCountedObject.h b/modules/juce_core/memory/juce_ReferenceCountedObject.h
index e09dd48add..58ef79ba98 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/memory/juce_ReferenceCountedObject.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/memory/juce_ReferenceCountedObject.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ namespace juce
     Once a new ReferenceCountedObject has been assigned to a pointer, be
     careful not to delete the object manually.
 
-    This class uses an Atomic<int> value to hold the reference count, so that it
+    This class uses an Atomic<int> value to hold the reference count, so that
     the pointers can be passed between threads safely. For a faster but non-thread-safe
     version, use SingleThreadedReferenceCountedObject instead.