diff --git a/sys/kgssapi/krb5/krb5_mech.c b/sys/kgssapi/krb5/krb5_mech.c
index 4cfea58ebb69..38db0d272bc8 100644
--- a/sys/kgssapi/krb5/krb5_mech.c
+++ b/sys/kgssapi/krb5/krb5_mech.c
@@ -1339,7 +1339,7 @@ krb5_wrap_old(struct krb5_context *kc, int conf_req_flag,
 	 * SND_SEQ:
 	 *
 	 * Take the four bytes of the sequence number least
-	 * significant first (most signficant first for ARCFOUR)
+	 * significant first (most significant first for ARCFOUR)
 	 * followed by four bytes of direction marker (zero for
 	 * initiator and 0xff for acceptor). Encrypt that data using
 	 * the SGN_CKSUM as IV.