diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 68c3b532b..b46ee663b 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ void add_boot_device_path(int32_t bootindex, DeviceState *dev,
 
 /*
  * This function returns null terminated string that consist of new line
- * separated device pathes.
+ * separated device paths.
  *
  * memory pointed by "size" is assigned total length of the array in bytes
  *