diff --git a/src/bin/dhcp4/dhcp4_srv.h b/src/bin/dhcp4/dhcp4_srv.h
index b4e8f5a06c..c7da359fdf 100644
--- a/src/bin/dhcp4/dhcp4_srv.h
+++ b/src/bin/dhcp4/dhcp4_srv.h
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ protected:
     ///
     /// Checks if mandatory option is really there, that forbidden option
     /// is not there, and that client-id or server-id appears only once.
-    /// Calls the second method with the requirement level from the
+    /// Calls the second method with the requirement level based on
     /// message type.
     ///
     /// @param query Pointer to the client's message.