diff --git a/usr.sbin/mountd/mountd.c b/usr.sbin/mountd/mountd.c
index 569ea0fbf707..d985dd00acf8 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/mountd/mountd.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/mountd/mountd.c
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 /*
  * This routine creates and binds sockets on the appropriate
  * addresses. It gets called one time for each transport.
- * It returns 0 upon success, 1 for ingore the call and -1 to indicate
+ * It returns 0 upon success, 1 for ignore the call and -1 to indicate
  * bind failed with EADDRINUSE.
  * Any file descriptors that have been created are stored in sock_fd and
  * the total count of them is maintained in sock_fdcnt.