diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 5f74891556f3..128f3cde800c 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ typedef struct pglist_data {
 	/* start time in ms of current promote threshold adjustment period */
 	unsigned int nbp_th_start;
 	/*
-	 * number of promote candidate pages at stat time of current promote
+	 * number of promote candidate pages at start time of current promote
 	 * threshold adjustment period
 	 */
 	unsigned long nbp_th_nr_cand;