diff --git a/api/maven-api-model/src/main/mdo/maven.mdo b/api/maven-api-model/src/main/mdo/maven.mdo
index e69f8056d84..1c36e6b724b 100644
--- a/api/maven-api-model/src/main/mdo/maven.mdo
+++ b/api/maven-api-model/src/main/mdo/maven.mdo
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
           <name>artifactId</name>
           <version>3.0.0+</version>
           <required>true</required>
-          <description>Returns a string that defines a collection of versions within the group given by the
+          <description>Returns a string that identifies a collection of versions within the group given by the
             group ID. An artifact is something that is either produced or used by a project.
             Examples of artifacts produced by Maven for a project include: JARs, source and binary
             distributions, and WARs. Only one version of an artifact with the same groupId and