diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/entity.api.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/entity.api.php
index c2618baa62..b926d309e8 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/entity.api.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/entity.api.php
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
  * fact all previous revisions of the entity are stored and available as
  * historical information. The "default" revision is the canonical version of
  * the entity, the one that is loaded when no specific revision is requested.
- * Only changes to the default revision can be performed without triggering the
+ * Only changes to the default revision may be performed without triggering the
  * creation of a new revision, in any other case revision data is not supposed
  * to change. Aside from historical data, there can be "pending" revisions, that
  * contain changes that did not make their way into the default revision.