diff --git a/ompi/communicator/comm_cid.c b/ompi/communicator/comm_cid.c
index 602410d6c82..4424bdf84e0 100644
--- a/ompi/communicator/comm_cid.c
+++ b/ompi/communicator/comm_cid.c
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ static int ompi_comm_nextcid_check_flag (ompi_comm_request_t *request)
 /* Non-blocking version of ompi_comm_activate */
 static int ompi_comm_activate_nb_complete (ompi_comm_request_t *request);
 
-/* Callback function to set comunicator disjointness flags */
+/* Callback function to set communicator disjointness flags */
 static inline void ompi_comm_set_disjointness_nb_complete(ompi_comm_cid_context_t *context)
 {
     if (OMPI_COMM_IS_DISJOINT_SET(*context->newcommp)) {