diff --git a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Xinput.c b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Xinput.c
index d22fdc8b9..83d5caedf 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Xinput.c
+++ b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Xinput.c
@@ -1348,7 +1348,7 @@ xf86InitValuatorAxisStruct(DeviceIntPtr dev, int axnum, Atom label, int minval,
 }
 
 /*
- * Set the valuator values to be in synch with dix/event.c
+ * Set the valuator values to be in sync with dix/event.c
  * DefineInitialRootWindow().
  */
 void