diff --git a/src/gui_gtk_x11.c b/src/gui_gtk_x11.c
index 61432a2..ceade75 100644
--- a/src/gui_gtk_x11.c
+++ b/src/gui_gtk_x11.c
@@ -1257,7 +1257,7 @@
 	}
     }
 
-    /* Chop off any traiing NUL bytes.  OpenOffice sends these. */
+    /* Chop off any trailing NUL bytes.  OpenOffice sends these. */
     while (len > 0 && text[len - 1] == NUL)
 	--len;