diff --git a/tests/examples/c/demo.c b/tests/examples/c/demo.c
index 377f4c162e7106ec8b95bd528980e015431d327c..5030af4ad61c11dff0ae786cf18d507ffac1a3cf 100644
--- a/tests/examples/c/demo.c
+++ b/tests/examples/c/demo.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-// TAOS standard API example. The same syntax as MySQL, but only a subet
+// TAOS standard API example. The same syntax as MySQL, but only a subset
 // to compile: gcc -o demo demo.c -ltaos
 
 #include <stdio.h>