diff --git a/wolfssl/ssl.h b/wolfssl/ssl.h
index de95859b22..3db65465d7 100644
--- a/wolfssl/ssl.h
+++ b/wolfssl/ssl.h
@@ -2980,7 +2980,7 @@ enum { /* ssl Constants */
     /* Operation did not complete; callback needs this API to be called again.*/
     WOLFSSL_ERROR_WANT_X509_LOOKUP =  4,
 
-    /* Some sort of sytem I/O error happened.*/
+    /* Some sort of system I/O error happened.*/
     WOLFSSL_ERROR_SYSCALL          =  5,
 
     /* The connection has been closed with a closure alert.*/