diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 0934d645ebdc4bdf687e322fd8065b9e00cd666a..d9cab4d271924a41e98658a3d28808b06546b80f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ static __u64 pmu_format_value(unsigned long *format, __u64 value)
 
 /*
  * Setup one of config[12] attr members based on the
- * user input data - temr parameter.
+ * user input data - term parameter.
  */
 static int pmu_config_term(struct list_head *formats,
 			   struct perf_event_attr *attr,