diff --git a/src/H5Tdeprec.c b/src/H5Tdeprec.c
index 9bd5ddd56e..6ee0cd71ab 100644
--- a/src/H5Tdeprec.c
+++ b/src/H5Tdeprec.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ H5Tcommit1(hid_t loc_id, const char *name, hid_t type_id)
     new_obj->connector->nrefs ++;
     new_obj->data = data;
 
-    /* Set the committed type object to the VOL connectorg pointer in the H5T_t struct */
+    /* Set the committed type object to the VOL connector pointer in the H5T_t struct */
     dt->vol_obj = new_obj;
 
 done: