diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_exit.c b/sys/kern/kern_exit.c
index a92d5cc0f64..cb0939ded6e 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_exit.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_exit.c
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ exit1(struct thread *td, int rval, int signo)
 	prison_proc_free(p->p_ucred->cr_prison);
 
 	/*
-	 * The state PRS_ZOMBIE prevents other proesses from sending
+	 * The state PRS_ZOMBIE prevents other processes from sending
 	 * signal to the process, to avoid memory leak, we free memory
 	 * for signal queue at the time when the state is set.
 	 */