1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pp.c b/pp.c
index 7a2769fc7c..c55eb55d76 100644
--- a/pp.c
+++ b/pp.c
@@ -1389,7 +1389,7 @@ PP(pp_subtract)
 		    buv = (UV)-biv;
 	    }
 	    /* ?uvok if value is >= 0. basically, flagged as UV if it's +ve,
-	       else "IV" now, independant of how it came in.
+	       else "IV" now, independent of how it came in.
 	       if a, b represents positive, A, B negative, a maps to -A etc
 	       a - b =>  (a - b)
 	       A - b => -(a + b)