diff --git a/src/core/or/addr_policy_st.h b/src/core/or/addr_policy_st.h
index 5a2b7f6fb32b25eb434baf56b41802e390aecf61..08d16ee616273dc963aeaafa332928aed88d8457 100644
--- a/src/core/or/addr_policy_st.h
+++ b/src/core/or/addr_policy_st.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ struct addr_policy_t {
   /** Base address to accept or reject.
    *
    * Note that wildcards are treated
-   * differntly depending on address family. An AF_UNSPEC address means
+   * differently depending on address family. An AF_UNSPEC address means
    * "All addresses, IPv4 or IPv6." An AF_INET address with maskbits==0 means
    * "All IPv4 addresses" and an AF_INET6 address with maskbits == 0 means
    * "All IPv6 addresses".