diff --git a/tdrs-backend/tdpservice/parsers/util.py b/tdrs-backend/tdpservice/parsers/util.py
index 70fb75b66..287c58cff 100644
--- a/tdrs-backend/tdpservice/parsers/util.py
+++ b/tdrs-backend/tdpservice/parsers/util.py
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ def get_quarter_from_month(month):
 
 
 def get_years_apart(rpt_month_year_date, date):
-    """Return the number of years (double) between rpt_month_year_date and the target date - both should be `datetime`s."""
+    """Return the number of years (double) between rpt_month_year_date and the target date - both `datetime`s."""
     delta = rpt_month_year_date - date
     age = delta.days/365.25
     return age