diff --git a/lib/syntax.default b/lib/syntax.default
index 15ea23ce33..6c780be44b 100644
--- a/lib/syntax.default
+++ b/lib/syntax.default
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 % This is the default list of commands for tex conversion programs to read
 %    It tells how many arguments each command takes, and which of them
 % (if any) are optional.
-%    It is taken from the list of commands origianlly written by John Weiss 970311
-% for reLyX plus the math commands from math_hash.C
+%    It is taken from the list of commands originally written by John Weiss
+% 1997-03-11 for reLyX plus the math commands from math_hash.C
 %
 % Also had to add textrm etc. commands and many size commands (like \small)
 %