diff --git a/include/mbedtls/platform_util.h b/include/mbedtls/platform_util.h
index 9c8a930..38b85b8 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/platform_util.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/platform_util.h
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
  * \brief      Platform-specific implementation of gmtime_r()
  *
  *             The function is a thread-safe abstraction that behaves
- *             similar to the gmtime_r() function from the C standard.
+ *             similarly to the gmtime_r() function from the C standard.
  *
  *             Mbed TLS will try to identify the underlying platform and
  *             make use of an appropriate underlying implementation (e.g.