diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index ab169fb9abb..80297cac262 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ var path = require('path'),
     isWindows = process.platform === 'win32';
 
 if (isWindows) {
-  // Node doesn't support symlinks / lstat on windows. Hence realpatch is just
+  // Node doesn't support symlinks / lstat on windows. Hence realpath is just
   // the same as path.resolve that fails if the path doesn't exists.
 
   // windows version