diff --git a/activation_email.txt b/activation_email.txt
index d61da883a2..0bd636428c 100644
--- a/activation_email.txt
+++ b/activation_email.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Someone, hopefully you, signed up for an account for MIT's on-line
+Someone, hopefully you, signed up for an account for MITx's on-line
 offering of 6.002 using this email address. If it was you, and you'd
 like to activate and use your account, copy and paste this address
 into your web browser's address bar: