diff --git a/include/git2/tag.h b/include/git2/tag.h
index 086e4a6ca..bc05a0c1f 100644
--- a/include/git2/tag.h
+++ b/include/git2/tag.h
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ GIT_EXTERN(const char *) git_tag_message(git_tag *t);
  * Create a new tag in the repository from an OID
  *
  * @param oid Pointer where to store the OID of the
- *	newly created tag. If the tag already exists, this parameter
+ * newly created tag. If the tag already exists, this parameter
  * will be the oid of the existed tag, and the function will
  * return a GIT_EEXISTS error code.
  *