diff --git a/src/hb-font.h b/src/hb-font.h
index f65ba7120f1b1c6462978f32c49cf498dd995d65..9642c55a1d7fe729e035f677e07fa3f10c581cf9 100644
--- a/src/hb-font.h
+++ b/src/hb-font.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ hb_face_create_for_data (hb_blob_t    *blob,
 
 typedef hb_blob_t * (*hb_get_table_func_t)  (hb_tag_t tag, void *user_data);
 
-/* calls destory() when not needing user_data anymore */
+/* calls destroy() when not needing user_data anymore */
 hb_face_t *
 hb_face_create_for_tables (hb_get_table_func_t  get_table,
 			   hb_destroy_func_t    destroy,