diff --git a/include/git2/types.h b/include/git2/types.h
index 55505b110..d88815d80 100644
--- a/include/git2/types.h
+++ b/include/git2/types.h
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ typedef struct git_treebuilder git_treebuilder;
 /** Memory representation of an index file. */
 typedef struct git_index git_index;
 
-/** An interator for conflicts in the index. */
+/** An iterator for conflicts in the index. */
 typedef struct git_index_conflict_iterator git_index_conflict_iterator;
 
 /** Memory representation of a set of config files */