diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Event/KernelEvent.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Event/KernelEvent.php
index d9d425e114b93..87933187a32c7 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Event/KernelEvent.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Event/KernelEvent.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 use Symfony\Contracts\EventDispatcher\Event;
 
 /**
- * Base class for events thrown in the HttpKernel component.
+ * Base class for events dispatched in the HttpKernel component.
  *
  * @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>
  */