diff --git a/src/useradd.c b/src/useradd.c
index 0e0fa1f8..506c8433 100644
--- a/src/useradd.c
+++ b/src/useradd.c
@@ -2285,7 +2285,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 	/*
 	 * tallylog_reset needs to be able to lookup
 	 * a valid existing user name,
-	 * so we canot call it before close_files()
+	 * so we cannot call it before close_files()
 	 */
 	if (!lflg && getpwuid (user_id) != NULL) {
 		tallylog_reset (user_name);