diff --git a/runtime/syntax/ptcap.vim b/runtime/syntax/ptcap.vim
index 1ebeb52..5db7bda 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/ptcap.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/ptcap.vim
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 " The `=' operator assigns a string to the preceding flag
 syn match ptcapOperator	    "[@#=]" contained
 
-" Some terminal capabilites have special names like `#5' and `@1', and we
+" Some terminal capabilities have special names like `#5' and `@1', and we
 " need special rules to match these properly
 syn match ptcapSpecialCap   "\W[#@]\d" contains=ptcapDelimiter contained