diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e23189945342f14eac23abeaef57421dafd02b9c..90fd0f704dadbc0d847bbc0a454ab8dde2c18b85 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ build-dep:
 	opam install coq-iris --deps-only $(YFLAG)
 	opam pin remove coq-iris
 
-# some fiels that do *not* need to be forwarded to Makefile.coq
+# Some files that do *not* need to be forwarded to Makefile.coq
 Makefile: ;
 _CoqProject: ;
 awk.Makefile: ;