diff --git a/lib/routes/routeBackbeat.js b/lib/routes/routeBackbeat.js
index c0896e4f38..a02341d421 100644
--- a/lib/routes/routeBackbeat.js
+++ b/lib/routes/routeBackbeat.js
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ function putMetadata(request, response, bucketInfo, objMd, log, callback) {
             if (!versionId) {
                 // Set isNull in the object metadata to be written.
                 // Since metadata will generate a versionId for the null version,
-                // the flag is need to allow cloudserver to know that the version
+                // the flag is needed to allow cloudserver to know that the version
                 // is a null version and allow access to it using the "null" versionId.
                 omVal.isNull = true;
                 if (versioning) {