diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/nolibc.h b/tools/include/nolibc/nolibc.h
index 8b7a9830dd221f..13c194aeaf3f02 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/nolibc.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/nolibc.h
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ struct sys_stat_struct {
  *     scall32-o32.S in the kernel sources.
  *   - the system call is performed by calling "syscall"
  *   - syscall return comes in v0, and register a3 needs to be checked to know
- *     if an error occured, in which case errno is in v0.
+ *     if an error occurred, in which case errno is in v0.
  *   - the arguments are cast to long and assigned into the target registers
  *     which are then simply passed as registers to the asm code, so that we
  *     don't have to experience issues with register constraints.