diff --git a/primitives/src/witness.rs b/primitives/src/witness.rs
index bbbc05376..98e348b3d 100644
--- a/primitives/src/witness.rs
+++ b/primitives/src/witness.rs
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ impl Witness {
         Some(&slice[..end])
     }
 
-    /// Creates a new witness from a list of hex strings.
+    /// Constructs a new witness from a list of hex strings.
     ///
     /// # Errors
     ///