diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/nand.h b/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
index 6d5696876b3f6f6393617866051a3e91ce8c226f..85fef68a379dc4ad2771859d4a92e2d74a57f3de 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ struct nand_buffers {
  * @controller:		[REPLACEABLE] a pointer to a hardware controller
  *			structure which is shared among multiple independent
  *			devices.
- * @priv:		[OPTIONAL] pointer to private chip date
+ * @priv:		[OPTIONAL] pointer to private chip data
  * @errstat:		[OPTIONAL] hardware specific function to perform
  *			additional error status checks (determine if errors are
  *			correctable).