diff --git a/COPYRIGHT.txt b/COPYRIGHT.txt
index a578b4747e..4ab00dfb7a 100644
--- a/COPYRIGHT.txt
+++ b/COPYRIGHT.txt
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ Copyright:
   Copyright 2021, Mark Fischinger <markfischinger@gmail.com>
   Copyright 2021, Muhammad Fawwaz Mayda <maydafawwaz@gmail.com>
   Copyright 2021, Roshan Nrusing Swain <swainroshan001@gmail.com>
+  Copyright 2021, Suvarsha Chennareddy <suvarshachennareddy@gmail.com>
 
 License: BSD-3-clause
   All rights reserved.
diff --git a/src/mlpack/methods/pca/decomposition_policies/exact_svd_method.hpp b/src/mlpack/methods/pca/decomposition_policies/exact_svd_method.hpp
index f583d02a1a..1e98f97392 100644
--- a/src/mlpack/methods/pca/decomposition_policies/exact_svd_method.hpp
+++ b/src/mlpack/methods/pca/decomposition_policies/exact_svd_method.hpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class ExactSVDPolicy
              arma::mat& eigvec,
              const size_t /* rank */)
   {
-    // This matrix will store the right singular values; we do not need them.
+    // This matrix will store the right singular vectors; we do not need them.
     arma::mat v;
 
     // Do singular value decomposition.  Use the economical singular value
diff --git a/src/mlpack/methods/pca/decomposition_policies/quic_svd_method.hpp b/src/mlpack/methods/pca/decomposition_policies/quic_svd_method.hpp
index a30e478468..a2807ff025 100644
--- a/src/mlpack/methods/pca/decomposition_policies/quic_svd_method.hpp
+++ b/src/mlpack/methods/pca/decomposition_policies/quic_svd_method.hpp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class QUICSVDPolicy
              arma::mat& eigvec,
              const size_t /* rank */)
   {
-    // This matrix will store the right singular values; we do not need them.
+    // This matrix will store the right singular vectors; we do not need them.
     arma::mat v, sigma;
 
     // Do singular value decomposition using the QUIC-SVD algorithm.
diff --git a/src/mlpack/methods/pca/decomposition_policies/randomized_block_krylov_method.hpp b/src/mlpack/methods/pca/decomposition_policies/randomized_block_krylov_method.hpp
index e585df5b20..4485130bc6 100644
--- a/src/mlpack/methods/pca/decomposition_policies/randomized_block_krylov_method.hpp
+++ b/src/mlpack/methods/pca/decomposition_policies/randomized_block_krylov_method.hpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class RandomizedBlockKrylovSVDPolicy
              arma::mat& eigvec,
              const size_t rank)
   {
-    // This matrix will store the right singular values; we do not need them.
+    // This matrix will store the right singular vectors; we do not need them.
     arma::mat v;
 
     // Do singular value decomposition using the randomized block krylov SVD
diff --git a/src/mlpack/methods/pca/decomposition_policies/randomized_svd_method.hpp b/src/mlpack/methods/pca/decomposition_policies/randomized_svd_method.hpp
index 80603dfd17..34f7de60c7 100644
--- a/src/mlpack/methods/pca/decomposition_policies/randomized_svd_method.hpp
+++ b/src/mlpack/methods/pca/decomposition_policies/randomized_svd_method.hpp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class RandomizedSVDPolicy
              arma::mat& eigvec,
              const size_t rank)
   {
-    // This matrix will store the right singular values; we do not need them.
+    // This matrix will store the right singular vectors; we do not need them.
     arma::mat v;
 
     // Do singular value decomposition using the randomized SVD algorithm.