diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Schema/Grammars/MySqlGrammar.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Schema/Grammars/MySqlGrammar.php
index 7454a79eb683..81bd8a96abe1 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Schema/Grammars/MySqlGrammar.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Schema/Grammars/MySqlGrammar.php
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ protected function modifyAfter(Blueprint $blueprint, Fluent $column)
     protected function modifyComment(Blueprint $blueprint, Fluent $column)
     {
         if (! is_null($column->comment)) {
-            return ' comment "'.$column->comment.'"';
+            return " comment '".$column->comment."'";
         }
     }