diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-2.1.xsd b/spring-integration-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-2.1.xsd
index 962631bd51..376db49549 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-2.1.xsd
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-2.1.xsd
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@
 							<![CDATA[
 					Provide a reference to an implementation of java.util.concurrent.Executor
 					to use for any of the interface methods that have a Future return type.
-					This Executor will only be used for those async methods, the sync methods
+					This Executor will only be used for those async methods; the sync methods
 					will be invoked in the caller's thread.
 							]]>
 					</xsd:documentation>