diff --git a/src/H5Tcommit.c b/src/H5Tcommit.c
index 9d7893b086c..2e23764fa7a 100644
--- a/src/H5Tcommit.c
+++ b/src/H5Tcommit.c
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ H5T__commit(H5F_t *file, H5T_t *type, hid_t tcpl_id)
         if (ohdr_created) {
             H5O_loc_t *oloc_ptr; /* Pointer to object header location */
 
-            /* Point at correct object header location, depending on state when failure occured */
+            /* Point at correct object header location, depending on state when failure occurred */
             if (loc_init)
                 oloc_ptr = &temp_oloc;
             else