1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sv.c b/sv.c
index 2f0875cb8d..6a14f60c69 100644
--- a/sv.c
+++ b/sv.c
@@ -4456,9 +4456,9 @@ Perl_sv_magic(pTHX_ register SV *sv, SV *obj, int how, const char *name, I32 nam
     SvMAGIC(sv) = mg;
 
     /* Some magic sontains a reference loop, where the sv and object refer to
-       each other.  To prevent a avoid a reference loop that would prevent such
-       objects being freed, we look for such loops and if we find one we avoid
-       incrementing the object refcount. */
+       each other.  To prevent a reference loop that would prevent such
+       objects being freed, we look for such loops and if we find one we
+       avoid incrementing the object refcount. */
     if (!obj || obj == sv ||
 	how == PERL_MAGIC_arylen ||
 	how == PERL_MAGIC_qr ||