diff --git a/pd/src/g_traversal.c b/pd/src/g_traversal.c
index 369a16eb28632a534f17b58bcae980c289c2ad42..ca3e69512732e6b03a87ffc74787c21828476a6d 100644
--- a/pd/src/g_traversal.c
+++ b/pd/src/g_traversal.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ void gpointer_copy(const t_gpointer *gpfrom, t_gpointer *gpto)
     else bug("gpointer_copy");
 }
 
-    /* clear a gpointer that was previously set, releasing the associted
+    /* clear a gpointer that was previously set, releasing the associated
     gstub if this was the last reference to it. */
 void gpointer_unset(t_gpointer *gp)
 {