diff --git a/include/linux/tracepoint.h b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
index ebeab360d851c1ece4952b3f5f4f294aa9673db0..f0c3e4cb45a811e21964af2dfd5d3e73513e8a03 100644
--- a/include/linux/tracepoint.h
+++ b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ static inline void tracepoint_synchronize_unregister(void)
  * For use with the TRACE_EVENT macro:
  *
  * We define a tracepoint, its arguments, its printk format
- * and its 'fast binay record' layout.
+ * and its 'fast binary record' layout.
  *
  * Firstly, name your tracepoint via TRACE_EVENT(name : the
  * 'subsystem_event' notation is fine.