1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pad.c b/pad.c
index 7e5e2365f7..7e681386f6 100644
--- a/pad.c
+++ b/pad.c
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ associated with the C<PARENT_FAKELEX_FLAGS> field of a fake pad name.
 Note that C<pad_findlex()> is recursive; it recurses up the chain of CVs,
 then comes back down, adding fake entries
 as it goes.  It has to be this way
-because fake names in anon protoypes have to store in C<xpadn_low> the
+because fake names in anon prototypes have to store in C<xpadn_low> the
 index into the parent pad.
 
 =cut