diff --git a/include/linux/types.h b/include/linux/types.h
index c94d59ef96cc2fec74d4e9e65ddc6e7b5daea971..ec13d02b348119df58d554f6c636bb9dfb92cd37 100644
--- a/include/linux/types.h
+++ b/include/linux/types.h
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ struct ustat {
  *
  * This guarantee is important for few reasons:
  *  - future call_rcu_lazy() will make use of lower bits in the pointer;
- *  - the structure shares storage spacer in struct page with @compound_head,
+ *  - the structure shares storage space in struct page with @compound_head,
  *    which encode PageTail() in bit 0. The guarantee is needed to avoid
  *    false-positive PageTail().
  */