diff --git a/src/ssl/ssl_engine.c b/src/ssl/ssl_engine.c
index 9c7739e..f59fe1a 100644
--- a/src/ssl/ssl_engine.c
+++ b/src/ssl/ssl_engine.c
@@ -1236,7 +1236,7 @@ br_ssl_engine_close(br_ssl_engine_context *cc)
 		 * If we are not already closed, then we need to
 		 * initiate the closure. Once closing, any incoming
 		 * application data is discarded; we should also discard
-		 * application data which is alreayd there but has not
+		 * application data which is already there but has not
 		 * been acknowledged by the application yet (this mimics
 		 * usual semantics on BSD sockets: you cannot read()
 		 * once you called close(), even if there was some