diff --git a/library/ssl_msg.c b/library/ssl_msg.c
index 0b1322d..933d3d9 100644
--- a/library/ssl_msg.c
+++ b/library/ssl_msg.c
@@ -1245,7 +1245,7 @@
                                add_data, add_data_len );
 
         /* Because of the check above, we know that there are
-         * explicit_iv_len Bytes preceeding data, and taglen
+         * explicit_iv_len Bytes preceding data, and taglen
          * bytes following data + data_len. This justifies
          * the debug message and the invocation of
          * mbedtls_cipher_auth_decrypt() below. */