diff --git a/src/PIL/EpsImagePlugin.py b/src/PIL/EpsImagePlugin.py
index da0bf31533a..1c1b6e0b567 100644
--- a/src/PIL/EpsImagePlugin.py
+++ b/src/PIL/EpsImagePlugin.py
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ def read_comment(s: str) -> bool:
                 else:
                     break
 
-                # Read the columns and rows after checking the bit depth and mode
+                # Parse the columns and rows after checking the bit depth and mode
                 # in case the bit depth and/or mode are invalid.
                 imagedata_size = columns, rows
             elif bytes_mv[:5] == b"%%EOF":