diff --git a/sys/dev/ppbus/ppb_1284.c b/sys/dev/ppbus/ppb_1284.c
index 5752e4599a8..52dfb27931e 100644
--- a/sys/dev/ppbus/ppb_1284.c
+++ b/sys/dev/ppbus/ppb_1284.c
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ ppb_1284_negociate(device_t bus, int mode, int options)
 		goto error;
 	}
 
-	/* Event 7 - quering result consider nACK not to misunderstand
+	/* Event 7 - querying result consider nACK not to misunderstand
 	 * a remote computer terminate sequence */
 	if (options & PPB_EXTENSIBILITY_LINK) {
 		/* XXX not fully supported yet */