diff --git a/etc/defaults/rc.conf b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
index af666cbe462a..f8e454007155 100644
--- a/etc/defaults/rc.conf
+++ b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ ipv6_static_routes=""		# Set to static route list (or leave empty).
 				#  route toward loopback interface.
 #ipv6_route_xxx="fec0:0000:0000:0006:: -prefixlen 64 ::1"
 ipv6_gateway_enable="NO"	# Set to YES if this host will be a gateway.
-ipv6_cpe_wanif="NO"		# Set to the upstram interface name if this
+ipv6_cpe_wanif="NO"		# Set to the upstream interface name if this
 				# node will work as a router to forward IPv6
 				# packets not explicitly addressed to itself.
 ipv6_privacy="NO"		# Use privacy address on RA-receiving IFs