diff --git a/testcode/ldns-testpkts.h b/testcode/ldns-testpkts.h
index 494152525..22b1797a3 100644
--- a/testcode/ldns-testpkts.h
+++ b/testcode/ldns-testpkts.h
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ struct entry {
 /**
  * reads the canned reply file and returns a list of structs 
  * does an exit on error.
- * @param skip_withespace: skip leftside whitespace.
+ * @param skip_whitespace: skip leftside whitespace.
  */
 struct entry* read_datafile(const char* name, int skip_whitespace);