diff --git a/1-js/02-first-steps/14-function-basics/article.md b/1-js/02-first-steps/14-function-basics/article.md
index bbdec8cb..b1ac4ccd 100644
--- a/1-js/02-first-steps/14-function-basics/article.md
+++ b/1-js/02-first-steps/14-function-basics/article.md
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ function showMessage() {
   alert(message);
 }
 
-// the function will create and use it's own userName
+// the function will create and use its own userName
 showMessage();
 
 alert( userName ); // *!*John*/!*, unchanged, the function did not access the outer variable