diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 4be926c3b..0ce511b2d 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@
 *.unused-patches text eol=lf
 *.rc text eol=lf
 
-# All submodule imports are vendor, remove them from linguist stats chart for accurate stats.
+# All module imports are vendor, remove them from linguist stats chart for accurate stats.
 import/* linguist-vendored