diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 90ec8dfc6046bf722fcd132ab8d2ff5957a456fd..e00213b7dd5f163f366e534f7bf5114379c24977 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ sc_prohibit_backslash_alignment:
 # Some syntax rules pertaining to the usage of cleanup macros
 # implementing GNU C's cleanup attribute
 
-# Rule to ensure that varibales declared using a cleanup macro are
+# Rule to ensure that variables declared using a cleanup macro are
 # always initialized.
 sc_require_attribute_cleanup_initialization:
 	@prohibit='VIR_AUTO((FREE|PTR)\(.+\)|CLOSE) *[^=]+;' \