diff --git a/auth.go b/auth.go
index 2503c515..349101be 100644
--- a/auth.go
+++ b/auth.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func (a authPairs) searchCredential(authValue string) (string, bool) {
 }
 
 // BasicAuthForRealm returns a Basic HTTP Authorization middleware. It takes as arguments a map[string]string where
-// the key is the user name and the value is the password, as well as the name of the Realm.
+// the key is the username and the value is the password, as well as the name of the Realm.
 // If the realm is empty, "Authorization Required" will be used by default.
 // (see http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2617#section-1.2)
 func BasicAuthForRealm(accounts Accounts, realm string) HandlerFunc {
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func BasicAuthForRealm(accounts Accounts, realm string) HandlerFunc {
 }
 
 // BasicAuth returns a Basic HTTP Authorization middleware. It takes as argument a map[string]string where
-// the key is the user name and the value is the password.
+// the key is the username and the value is the password.
 func BasicAuth(accounts Accounts) HandlerFunc {
 	return BasicAuthForRealm(accounts, "")
 }