diff --git a/src/screen.c b/src/screen.c
index 055a46d..cc8afa6 100644
--- a/src/screen.c
+++ b/src/screen.c
@@ -4044,7 +4044,7 @@
 
 		/* If a double-width char doesn't fit at the left side display
 		 * a '<' in the first column.  Don't do this for unprintable
-		 * charactes. */
+		 * characters. */
 		if (n_skip > 0 && mb_l > 1 && n_extra == 0)
 		{
 		    n_extra = 1;