diff --git a/usr.sbin/cron/lib/entry.c b/usr.sbin/cron/lib/entry.c
index d03e80a3ff0d..9d9572c56dc8 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/cron/lib/entry.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/cron/lib/entry.c
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ get_range(bitstr_t *bits, int low, int high, const char *names[], int ch,
 	/* range. set all elements from num1 to num2, stepping
 	 * by num3.  (the step is a downward-compatible extension
 	 * proposed conceptually by bob@acornrc, syntactically
-	 * designed then implmented by paul vixie).
+	 * designed then implemented by paul vixie).
 	 */
 	for (i = num1;  i <= num2;  i += num3)
 		if (EOF == set_element(bits, low, high, i))