diff --git a/gtk/Makefile.nmake b/gtk/Makefile.nmake
index 0472fa5a18..b3c2bc7d81 100644
--- a/gtk/Makefile.nmake
+++ b/gtk/Makefile.nmake
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ doxygen-run:
 	$(DOXYGEN) doxygen.cfg
 !ENDIF
 
-# MS html help conpiler hhc returns 1 on success, but as nmake expects 0 it would stop here.
+# MS html help compiler hhc returns 1 on success, but as nmake expects 0 it would stop here.
 # the prepended -1 will raise the accepted error levels of nmake, so it will continue
 doxygen.chm:
 !IFDEF HHC