diff --git a/lisp/mail/mail-utils.el b/lisp/mail/mail-utils.el
index 4c506b714c9..6c0036d3f3c 100644
--- a/lisp/mail/mail-utils.el
+++ b/lisp/mail/mail-utils.el
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 ;;; Commentary:
 
-;; Utility functions for maol and netnews handling.  These handle fine
+;; Utility functions for mail and netnews handling.  These handle fine
 ;; points of header parsing.
 
 ;;; Code: